Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Is it me, or is the world spinning?

Busy? Yep!

For the first couple years of this blog, which will be 5yrs old in March, I used to infrequently remark, "wow, today/ this week was really busy!" Over time that began to slowly migrate to "wow, this has been a busy month!" Now... "busy" is the new status quo and "I'm losing my mind" has become the new change of pace.

This weekend and last night, I had the pleasure of finally meeting some "old" friends face to face and making some new friends at various tweetups in town as the PRSA09 conference was in town. I got to finally meet my friend Kellye Crane, new friend Lauren Vargas and old new friend Steve Woodruff. I got to make new friends like Kami Huyse, Jacob Sloan and Fran Stephenson- among all the others whose names I have forgotten and business cards I have yet to rediscover. All of these folks are very smart people deeply involved in public relations and/ or social media. We all know I'm an SM geek, but I have a strong respect for PR professionals as well- a lot of what I do with marketing and branding shares very similar traits with PR. I was lucky enough to get to join these folks at various get-togethers during the week after the conferences. It should go without saying that I had a fantastic time and I am very happy I got to share some conversations and laughs with some folks I have a lot of respect for.

Tomorrow will hopefully be the day I get back on the bike for the first time in more than a week since hurting my back. The muscle is still pissed off with me, but it seems to be getting better... and I am growing too impatient to wait any longer. It's gonna be one of those agonizing recovery rides where everything feels wrong and I feel like I should just take up golf... but you have to start somewhere. I've been hoping for months that this winter will be the winter where I actually get back into the routine of steady training- even when traveling- so I really am anxious to get back on the bike and even into the gym. I'll try to report on how things go tomorrow...

So many cool little things going on right now and hopefully I'll be able to report on them very soon. There's some exciting things going on- I promise.

Tim

5 comments:

Gavin Heaton said...

Five years old in March!? Wow, that makes you a blogging veteran ;)

Tim Jackson said...

Or just a persistent loudmouth who never shuts up...

Anonymous said...

And it sure was fun to (finally!) meet and talk! And flail!

Kellye Crane said...

Tim- you're truly the best! Getting to spend time with you in person was such a treat. However, I now have a massive guilt complex: I hadn't seen your Sunday blog post, or I certainly would not have allowed you to carry my laptop! Even injured, you're a true gentleman. Best of luck getting back on the bike - I know you love it so.

Waffles and Steel said...

Good luck with the recovery. I know how THAT feels.