Quickly, quickly...
Must take out trash, them hop in shower. Must go back to Green Festival and man (heh) the WGGAN* booth. Not must -- want to, want to, because yesterday was Wonderful.
What a weekend of contrasts.
Friday night -- out for drinks with the coworkers in two different swanky bars (one, high atop the city, was worth the trip for the view alone). I watched the others chatting, someone launching a simple topic and someone else taking it up as if they were playing a lazy summer game of catch. Yet every time I spoke, nothing seemed to happen. Every conversational ball I launched -- no one caught. Was I hurling facts about myself? Probably -- I was nervous. Talking with them was hard. Everything I said seemed wrong.
Yesterday, for eight quick hours, at the WGGAN booth, at the festival. Interested people approached and asked who we were and what we were about. Without even thinking, I shared our mission. I watched people respond to my enthusiasm, become excited about what we wanted to do.
Talking with them was easy. Everything I said seemed right.
When I left, Mary and Mindy, the co-founders, told me I was a gift to the organization -- that I didn't even realize what I gift I was. That I had a beautiful soul. I cried, in the best way.
Oh, and during the occasional slow times, I juggled fruit!
Must dash -- happy Sunday, my LJ friends.
*WGGAN = Women's Global Green Action Network.
The web site went live yesterday!
http://www.wggan.org/
What a weekend of contrasts.
Friday night -- out for drinks with the coworkers in two different swanky bars (one, high atop the city, was worth the trip for the view alone). I watched the others chatting, someone launching a simple topic and someone else taking it up as if they were playing a lazy summer game of catch. Yet every time I spoke, nothing seemed to happen. Every conversational ball I launched -- no one caught. Was I hurling facts about myself? Probably -- I was nervous. Talking with them was hard. Everything I said seemed wrong.
Yesterday, for eight quick hours, at the WGGAN booth, at the festival. Interested people approached and asked who we were and what we were about. Without even thinking, I shared our mission. I watched people respond to my enthusiasm, become excited about what we wanted to do.
Talking with them was easy. Everything I said seemed right.
When I left, Mary and Mindy, the co-founders, told me I was a gift to the organization -- that I didn't even realize what I gift I was. That I had a beautiful soul. I cried, in the best way.
Oh, and during the occasional slow times, I juggled fruit!
Must dash -- happy Sunday, my LJ friends.
*WGGAN = Women's Global Green Action Network.
The web site went live yesterday!
http://www.wggan.org/