The USA-Canada Forum this year was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Yay! I don't need to fly... I can drive to this one. I left on Monday to drive up there, after working in the morning at the office finalizing last minute details. And came back home on Saturday after the forum was over.
This was a great forum. We had very productive meetings with the consultants. All who attended were very pleased. And I also got to launch the our new Level 2 Extension Workshop - which was well received by all consultants as well as officers and attendees of the forum. I was very excited about this launch because the level 2 was my idea and I worked with one of my senior consultants with the details and he executed it by doing two pilots that seem to be pretty successful. So we will see. On Monday, I went out with my cousins to a local pub for wings and beers. It was so great to see everyone and for everyone to be there. Usually it is hard to get all of them together at the same time because they are all busy. And when I say everyone, I mean everyone including Lauren's husband Josh and Emily's fiance Eric. We had a great time and had some great laughs.
On Tuesday, my manager Sue and the other department manager Patricia went to an Italian restaurant that was really good. And Wednesday we went to Maders which is a famous German restaurant which was delicious. Thursday was the opening ceremony so we had dinner and watched the flag presentation. After Sue, our executive director, another manager and I went to the hotel bar and had some drinks and played some pool. It was a good time. And on Friday, I met up with my friend Dan and his girlfriend Heather at the same hotel bar. We had a good time, and even came up with another bet..... If the Bears win both games this year, then Dan has to come to come to my wedding wearing a Bears tie. If the Packers win both, then I would have had to play a Packers song at the wedding... but luckily, but Bears won the first game... so no cheesehead music will be played. Now we just have to win one more. I would love to see him show up to the wedding wearing a Bears tie, cause he is such a Packers fan and to have those pictures to last a lifetime. That would be great memories! Saturday was a long day, all I wanted to do was go home. The bell boys have been so awesome at helping me out with getting boxes and supplies to meetings, except for when I want to go home. It was frustrating and I ended up wheeling 2 carriers for the exhibit booth and 3 boxes plus by purse and bag about half way until a Past Director saw me and her and her friend helped me out. Thank God. After 2 calls to the hotel bell desk and explaining exactly where I was - I decided 45 minutes of waiting was long enough. But I made it home and without any speeding tickets, this time. =)
