Just the beginning...

This is my first week on the road represent the university I graduated from and now work for. I'm in Northern Ontario - not even the really far North but it's different. The leaves are beautiful. The weather on the colder side and the smog from local factories the same as anywhere else in Canada. I'm driving a 2006 Chrysler Impala for the week - cop car. Red. It has some pretty sweet pick-up. Though it really doesn't have that well worn feel that my 1990 Toyota Tercel does.

I headed out this morning with 200km to cover and three schools. I ended up realizing (thankfully before any presentations) that I had a hole in my pants and that my bright pink underwear were shining through. I changed. Skirt on I also ran into the problem that I was proliferating one of the stereo-type's of the university I was representing - no one shaves. Lacking time I continued on to my first school. At the beginning of the adventure I was 40 minutes ahead of schedule...now I was on time. Did I mention it was pouring rain and I had neglected to pack anything that remotely resembled a jacket? I arrived at the school and had to trek the equivalent of Mount Everest to get to their guidance office. With over 75lbs of "product" I climbed, as gracefully as one can climb in a skirt, up two flights of stairs. Finally reaching the office I realized that no, I had brought the wrong box with me. Down two flights of stairs, around the school in the pouring rain, to the car and back again...only to have the guidance counselor greet me, again. The presentation was fine. I started sounding like Kermit the Frog half way through. The nine people there all took turns yawning - I blame it on the rain.

I ate steak and bought brown nylons. I think tomorrow will be a great day.