Be Open to Something New

I have had, knock on wood, a lot on my plate lately. Work is bustling, opportunity keeps knocking, new clients coming to the table, existing clients asking for more. I feel very fortunate for these opportunities. But I had a social opportunity that I was looking forward to but didn't really have the energy. The thought of staying home in PJs, eating a home cooked meal, snuggling next to my husband on the couch was all good. And... the party was people I knew (and didn't), not people my husband new. But surprisingly he nudged me and said we should go. A complete role reversal, the homebody wanting to go out and the social butterfly wanting to stay put.

So after a beautiful day, 62 degrees, sunshine, shorts, t-shirt, gardening, raking etc we got cleaned up, hit the road and went to the party. It was a post St. Patty's Day fete, all the beer you can imagine. Immediately walking in I saw who I was expecting there but then others I wasn't. All in all Dan and I had a great time talking with different people, learning about house rennovations, energy audits, business opportunities, life with 2 month old babies, and more. We even through natural conversation talked about Crate to Plate, how we were approaching it, our new yet to be released press release, and more. And while new business connections were made I think more importantly new friends were made or aquaintances were strengthened.

I am glad Dan encouraged me to go out. I had a great time and look forward to opportunities like this again, including keeping an open mind to go out when the easy thing to do is stay in.