About a week ago I got a phone call from Komen's corporate headquarters saying they'd underestimated rooms at the Embassy Suites and would I either mind sharing a suite with someone or being shuttled to a different hotel. I, of course, told them I'd share a room. I'm not here for a vacation after all.
First, the room(s) are bigger than my first 2 apartments-combined.
Second, looking at the roster and seeing people from all over the country, imagine my surprise when the guy I'm sharing a room with a) is from Baton Rouge b) graduated from NLU (my alma mater) c) we overlapped 2 years there d) we both love Sal's Saloon and e) we both loved Craig Heyward (if you weren't a New Orleans Saints fan in the 90s you won't understand).
He's on the Baton Rouge-Komen board so we aren't here for the same trainings. His mom is a recent survivor and he volunteered at last year's race. Within a year he's their board director. We both feel like we stepped on the fasttrack in the Komen world and have no idea what we're doing so our expectations are high. We had a good laugh when after awhile he was spewing out these ideas and I told him he was trying to improve his Komen affiliate and I'm trying not to screw mine up. We have a lot in common except he's an LSU fan but nobody's perfect.
First, the room(s) are bigger than my first 2 apartments-combined.
Second, looking at the roster and seeing people from all over the country, imagine my surprise when the guy I'm sharing a room with a) is from Baton Rouge b) graduated from NLU (my alma mater) c) we overlapped 2 years there d) we both love Sal's Saloon and e) we both loved Craig Heyward (if you weren't a New Orleans Saints fan in the 90s you won't understand).
He's on the Baton Rouge-Komen board so we aren't here for the same trainings. His mom is a recent survivor and he volunteered at last year's race. Within a year he's their board director. We both feel like we stepped on the fasttrack in the Komen world and have no idea what we're doing so our expectations are high. We had a good laugh when after awhile he was spewing out these ideas and I told him he was trying to improve his Komen affiliate and I'm trying not to screw mine up. We have a lot in common except he's an LSU fan but nobody's perfect.
