I'm on a business trip!

Oh dear readers,
I am so excited I'm practically squeaking. I have just shopped at a Whole Foods for the first time in over 2 years. I almost teared up at the beauty of the jewel-like produce, the friendly face creams, the organic meats, the luscious deli counter all spread out for my perusal. The Universe is talking to me ...

Some weeks back I recieved an email from someone I worked with, back in California. He had been contacted by some folks who wanted him to consult with them about their product strategy. Well, he's too busy launching his own new venture so he thought I might do the job. We have talked for a bit, and yesterday I flew to the Dulles airport (DC area), rented a car, drove to the hotel and this morning started an exploratory 3 days with the good folks at Content Analyst in Reston, VA.

Wow - how stinkin cool. A business trip! A plane flight! A rental car! And I navigated it all with ease & grace.

I am so happy to be doing this again. I'm blogging to you from the Staybridge Suites in Chantilly, VA. I noticed today, leaving Content Analyst to go out to dinner with the crew (a business dinner!! Steak and Cab Sauv!!!) that my rental car is sporting California plates. The Universe is talking to me ...

Of course before I came here I Googled & Yahooed and found what's in the area. Whole Foods! What a treat. I will probably go back tomorrow and stock up on the things I can't find at Wegmans.

This area is great, LOTS of people! It looks so suburban and serene at 10 p.m. 8:30 this morning was a whole nother level. I thought 30 minutes would be plenty of time to go 7.8 miles. HAH! Took 40! But they are people in motion. There's energy here. Stores. Lots of well dressed people driving nice cars. Much different from Rochester. The Universe is talking to me ...

I am still planning on staying in Rochester for at least another year. But I think I cannot stay there full time. It's just too darn slow. So, I am working on getting up and running so I can at least spend months of the year elsewhere. I will admit, yesterday, just before leaving Roch, it was a hot day (95+) and I spent time in the pool. That was fine.

And, I am loving my little house. I have gotten the place set up again. With everything that happened late May, I didn't really get the place back in order after they replaced the floor. But Maggie was making a sweep through New York, and stayed with me on last Saturday night. So, bit by bit, I got the place rearranged and cleaned up. Saturday morning I looked around and thought, "Huh. Looks good." Here are some pics.