E is for Exhausted

Forgive me for the delay in posting. Last week I was in Aruba for my companies North American sales meeting and I am exhausted. I know, it is hard to get you to feel sorry for me because I was in Aruba, but it was definetely not a relaxing week. First of all, I woke up at 3am on monday to shower and get ready for my 6am flight. J would not take me to the airport at 4:30, so I had to drive and catch the shuttle....more due to the fact that Peyton would be asleep when I landed friday night.) I check into my flight, get everything checked with my passport, go through security, and then have my flight flat out cancelled. I picked up the red phone and called reservations. They give me a bogus story about a problem, when the truth is they didn't have enough people booked. Thank you American Airlines. I now will miss my flight to Aruba and have been rebooked on a flight 6 hours from now out of St. Louis, have a 4 hours lay over in Miami, and miss the opening of the meeting. I called Parking Spot to come back and pick me up and I went home.

The meeting was exhausting, but I learned that I work for an amazing company. The press released was announced while we were in Aruba that we are now a billion dollar company. The team I am on is the small side of the business, but the side with the most potential for the growth. Hopefully, I will get my act together and help this process. I loved all the reps (for the most part) on the lab team. I love that the president of North America dances at the pier bar with all of us and was seen doing shots. I love that the VP of bioprocessing (the other division) basically told me he would hire me on the spot if I wasn't already working for us....while we were on the dance floor. I love that people watched out for us and kept an eye on us if locals were around.

But, E is for Exhausted because that is the only way to describe me. I do not stay up like that anymore when I have to get up at 6am. My legs hurt from all the dancing we did, but could be the heels I wore also...hmmmm.