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The first is just a fun one…Tim & I went to a wedding on a Cruise Ship this weekend!  Our friend from college, Scott, got married to Kelly on the Carnival Legend.  Tim was his best man.  We all got on the boat, had lunch at the Lido buffet, the at 1pm we met in the Satchmo Lounge (that’s Louis Armstrong to non-jazzies) for the actual ceremony then went to Medusa’s Lair for the reception.  It was awesome!  Except at 3 they kicked us off so Scott and Kelly could go on their honeymoon!

My second story today is a little more serious.  Remember last week when I wrote in my Commandments that “Thou Shalt be Truthful, Even When It Hurts?”  Well, last week I followed my own advice.  Here’s what happened:  Last Sunday, I was supposed to meet a client at his house in Longwood while he was in town.  My Outlook somehow didn’t save the appointment (I’m sure I did something wrong!) so I forgot and missed it.  On Wednesday, the person that had referred the client saw me out at lunch and said “what happened with so-and-so?”  I had messed up…big time!  I called the client and apologized first, and then, instead of making up excuses and stories (which I was VERY tempted to do!)  I said:

“I dropped the ball.  I’m very sorry.  What can I do to make it right?”

You won’t believe what happened next…nothing!  He said it was ok, he understood, and we’re still going to most likely be working together! (if he likes my solutions for his property).  WoW!  We expect the worst and get all worked up and then BAM!  Nothing bad happens after all when we’re just honest and human.  In high school I had a neighbor that would ALWAYS tell lies, and eventually she would forget what she had told you and she would step all over her own story and you would catch her.  That’s just way too stressful for me to remember who I told what to…it’s easier to remember the truth.  And yes, as I was trying to build up the courage to call him to tell him what happened, the irony of the article I had just written the day before did sure hit me!