Week Three - Los Angeles

Monday I flew to LA and it was such a pain with all my luggage. Packing for 7 months, expecially for a girl is not easy! My first night in town, my partner Carolyn met some of her friends here and we went out in Manhattan Beach and then to West Hollywood for Cinco De Mayo! It was nice to finally get out on the social scene a bit.

Well, the RV is bigger than I imagined. I have yet to try to drive it. I think I'm going to drive it out to Vegas Sunday. Here's the beast...


Well, yes it's happened...."Our first wreck". No, mom and dad, it wasn't my fault. Carolyn was actually driving. We went to the gas station to fill up both the diesel and generator and Carolyn thought she could make a turn into the aisle and the turn wasn't quite wide enough. We scraped the side of the RV along the metal guard that protects the actual gas pumps. It was quite a scene and we had all these guys rush over to help get us out without further damage!




Luckily we were already on our way to a truck repair place to get an oil change and the truck washed for the weekend. The scratch looked MUCH worse but we were able to buff off the paint from the pole. The damage left a crack above the weel and a little paint missing. Still waiting to hear from management about this one!

Well, I'm only working two days this week and am off to Santa Barbara today to work a triathlete/racer training at the beach. I'll post again before I head to Vegas!

Week One and Two - Raleigh, North Carolina & Detroit, Michigan



Well, my plans have already changed. My team decided it would be best to train for two weeks with someone who has done the tour before...so that sent me off to North Carolina and Michigan for some Southern Women's Shows with Cindy. She's a 52 year old from Texas and was very sweet and fun. This week was the first reality as to how long some of my days can be. 50 hours of work in 4 days. Whenever there's a convention, it's pretty much all weekend at least 10 hours a day. The Southern Women's Shows drew thousands to the expo. At each event, we have local temp staff there to help us that we have to manage. Here's a picture of Cindy and I with our temp staff Jo and Lauren.


The drive out to NC wasn't bad at all. I feel so weird..kinda like I'm on vacation but not really. I don't think it's hit me that I don't have to go into an office for quite a long time. The part of the tour that I trained the first two weeks drove a Ford Escape and trailer. Check it out.


I can tell you that I've seen more feet in the past two weeks than I care remember! It does feel good educating the public and doing something positive. Consumers who come to our booth look up to us as we are physicians..even though I always remind them different! Overall, a good experience so far. Looking forward to meeting up with my partner Carolyn in LA to get some sightseeing in.

Not too much time to sightsee with the long hours and drive days...but it's not like there's too much to do in Detroit and Raleigh. I did get some running in, but that's about it. Two weeks of working hard and any time off was spent relaxing.

I seem to be in the right place at the right time for meeting bachelors from "The Bachelorette"! Bob the bachelor was in both NC and MI for the show. He drew hundreds of women and I actually chatted with him for a bit. For those of you who are big fans and in Chicago, he told me that he visits Chicago often to see Jamie and they hang out at Bordo's! (Yes, I'm a reality tv freak..lol)



Monday the 5th I fly to Los Angeles to meet up with my permanent partner Carolyn, as well as be introduced to the 24 ft. RV we are driving cross country! Yikes! I hope not to make news headlines by being stuck under a bridge somewhere!

Almost on the road! Before leaving Chicago, my group of G-town girls rented the back room of John Barleycorn and threw a great going away party! Since this job came up so quickly, it was great to get all my groups of friends together for a great night out in Chicago. Thanks again to El, Gen, Aim and Cindi for throwing such a fun party! I miss you all already! Check out a few pics of the night...

1. Me, happy that my friends could make it out for a last hurrah
2. Grayslake Girls responsible for the great party
3. Girls Saying Good Bye
4. Late night crew (about 5am) at Burton Place
5. Crowd Shot
6. Todd, Aimee, Jason
7. Joe and Mike