What I learned today...

I am not a party planner or host. I tried to help my friend with my cousins baby shower and I dont even know how to make a proper cracker tray! I realized that my future husband and I will not be hosting the family get togethers at our house. Maybe they have a class for this? I mean we can be taught anything, right? Until then I'm a GUEST for LIFE!!

CHANGE...

...Not so sure how I feel about it. It can be good or bad but no matter what it takes some getting used to. I am going through a change and trying to get used to it. Now if you know me you know I hate to be told what to do or feel like I'm being undermined (still thinking about the use of this word...hmmm). In the end, most (work related) things end up on my shoulders and I'm looking around like I have no idea because...well...I don't! So with that I understand the need for change because everything has to evolve but I don't like it. Not in this situation. But maybe that's just for today.

The Challenge

Per my conversation with my Sissy. I have decided to write a post.

I still haven't gotten the hang of this. Well I know what it's for and why I made it but I just never find it in me to sit and write a post.

So...I am challenging myself to write one post per day. As distracted as I always am this should be easy but I'm sorta a perfectionist and I feel like each post should sound a certain way. I even stopped tweeting because I was distracted by Facebook. Sigh.

With that, today marks the first day of my seven day challenge to write a post.

Schmooze...my first networking event

I went to a networking event called Schmooze last  night. First time for me. Fifth time for them, as it was the 5th annual event. Where have I been? In Portland living under a rock!

So anyway... I had no idea how these events work. But from my first experience I gathered they go a little something like this:

1. Take business cards: If you don't have any, get some!
2. Get a drink: Don't want to walk around empty handed.
3. Walk up to random people (strangers), shake their hand, tell them your name and ask their name, what they do, and if they frequent these kind of events.
4. After discourse, you shake their hand, exchange cards (if you haven't already) and thank them for chatting with you!

Not so bad, right? Well in the beginning it is. But once your glass of wine kicks in (only one drink. You don't want to be sloppy.) you start to feel like everyone should want to know about you and what you do.

So because I had a good time and felt fairly successful at networking, I will be attending more networking events. The next is the Say Hey event which I hear is the biggest of them all. Stay tuned for details....