Okay, maybe not drink from it. But I did get to try to use one – they put out a lot of pressure! Last Friday we had our FACC Region 1 Workshop. Months ago several of us responded to our region president’s call for help with the workshop. I offered to do check-in because I thought it would just be an hour out of my day so as to not interfere with my real job while still letting me be “helpful.” Apparently others had the same idea, so she redistributed our offers to other tasks. I was told I was to run the mixer (a game) which meant I was in charge of getting prizes, determining how to run the game, and standing up in front of the 80 anticipated guests to present it. Not what I originally had in mind. Also, I ended up being one of the event photographers, the gift wrapper for the presenter awards, and helped with the goody bags. So I ended up being there all day. But it was a GREAT day.

( My part went great!! (short/boring) )

( What makes up a great workshop? )
Anyway, to sum:
* Day off from work
* Didn’t have an epic fail experience for my portion of the workshop, instead got compliments
* Excellent speakers/topics
* Kickass Bohemian Rhapsody done to bizarre choreography
* Played with fire hose in sunshine
* Two chocolate chip cookies and an ice cream sundae
* Met lots of nice people as my role required me to interact more than I normally do at meetings
* Won a recognition award for my contribution
* Won the best of the door prizes
* Got to bring back cookies for my office and be the hero there

I also felt proud for contributing and for the fact that I did a good thing for the school’s image (it was the highest reviewed workshop of recent years, our school got lots of praise) since it's odd time for the school right now.

Then home, hugged our company good bye as they headed off to Wisconsin, loaded up Toaster’s car with our stuff, and headed off to GARF! WooT!

Who needs rest!