It's 3:30 a.m. Saturday morning (Friday evening?) and I am exhausted (lol). I was so tired at work today, and yet I stayed until almost 9 p.m. and then came home and crashed. Just got back up and decided to write.

Last night I had every intention of going to the CAPT Social Hour, but by 6 p.m., I decided that I had to go workout instead. I needed that. I was planning to hook up with those guys for a late dinner, but apparently the social just went on and on, so I ended up showing up at 10 p.m. anyway and sure enough, lots of people were still around. Had a great time.

Afterwards we went to dinner across the street at Tony Roma's, such that by the time I got home, it was after midnight. My cousin (Parker) came over a little later, and together, we went over his Harvard b-school essays, to be mailed by 5 a.m.

I thought for sure that I was going to pass out on the table right in front of him, but somehow... I survived. Didn't get to bed until almost 2 a.m. and when I did, was in a lot of pain. I knew I was going to be hurtin' at the office today.

"A quiet realization..."

I can honestly say that I have never been more busy in my entire life than I am right now with all that is happening. And yet, I'm actually not panicking, and just taking it all in stride. I'm not rushing home each night to continue to work like crazy, nor do I get impatient like I used to when friends and family call me up to chat. Heck, I'm not even breaking out (must be those Nu Skin products, lol...).

I have to give all the credit to Ginny.

Patiently, but consistently, and over the course of two years (I think?!), she would tell me to do what I can but to not let myself get so stressed out about things, to "throw caution to the wind" and to recognize that things will get done in due time.

It took me forever to learn how to do that, but I think I'm finally understanding what she means. Ginny is such a cool woman. I feel fortunate to have her as a friend (and why am I getting all sentimental here)...

ANYWAY...

"A new launch date for ORIENTED.COM..."

The other thing I wanted to note has to do with this little side project I have been working on with Jim (another person whom I owe big time...). Without going into the details just yet, I will say here that Phase 2 of our site rollout just turned into Phase 1 -- literally overnight -- and that the ORIENTED.COM website will actually launch in two weeks or less and most definitely by Monday, March 25th.

We are launching the site two months EARLY... if you can believe that.

I want to thank the web developers for responding so quickly and for doing such an EXCELLENT JOB with the designs -- high quality, professional, and classy, all at once. Put it this way... when I saw their mockup of a draft that I put together in under an hour, I was like... WOW. And, they are so very supportive of the project, it ain't even funny.

What is now "Phase 1" is actually a very very simple service that we are setting in motion, prior to the launch of the real thing baby.

But what shocks me most when I look at it is just how my network of friends and peers over the years is really going to KICK IN with this thing.

I don't go out and meet people for the SAKE of "networking" -- I do it because I have a sincere interest in people, and I think those who meet me know that. I just never thought I would be able to tap into that network in the way that I am about to... nor could I ever have imagined that it could make such the impact that it will.

Timing has a LOT to do with it... but still.

When I first came to this quiet realization two days ago, I had to call up and talk to two friends just to help me put words back into my mouth. I couldn't articulate what I was feeling -- I couldn't even complete my sentences (so unlike me, lol) -- and even more comical was, neither of them could understand why I was having such a problem with myself.

In baffled mode they both gasped, "Christine... isn't this what you've been working so hard for all these years?!"

And all I could do was whimper a meek........

I guess...? Sniff sniff...?

It took me a whole 24 hours to accept what was happening.

Good news is... I'm back to my old self again.

LOL.


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