Tammi's World

Just Another Day

Tuesday. It's finally Tuesday. Today is the last FULL day of the show. And let me tell you - I feel every minute that I've been here.

Yesterday was my big day. Introductions and meetings with my new account, which went very well thankyouverymuch. Then more meetings wiith my largest account along with dinner. It's weird because I don't deal directly with this particular customer, I have a rep that does all that. But still, it was like we've known each other for years. Telling stories, talking football. It went well. And yes, I was nervous about that.

Otherwise the day consisted of meeting up with small retailers and talking with those customers who just dropped in without an appointment. Reps buzzing around wanting a minute here, advice there. Busy. Yeah, that's an understatement.

No star sightings. But then again, yesterday Dennis Quaid could have stood in the middle of our booth and I probably wouldn't have realized who he was.

I'm just sooooo ready to be home. I don't care that it's only 6 degrees there. I don't care if there's snow. I just want to be home. That being said, you'll probably need to remind me of that when I'm there and bitchin' cause it's 6 degrees and snowing. ;-) But right now? Yeah, that sounds pretty damned good.

I was chatting with one of the buyer yesterday about how tiring these things are. She was under the impression that we sales people just live for these things. I just kind of smiled and said not all of us. I notice by the end of the day I'm over sensitive. It's like my skin actually hums. It's sesory overload. I've talked all day. Smiled all day. Shaken hands, hugged, laughed at bad jokes and then there are breakfast meetings, luncheons, dinners. No down time. No time for just sitting. Reading. Writing. I forgot how much I need that. I forgot how very precious Tammi Time is.

Anyway - that's it. That's all that's going on here. Boring, isn't it? I have to smile when folks think this is glamorous. Not so much. It's a double edged sword. You get to go to great places, but you're too tired to enjoy it. The upside is we'll be coming here every January for the next 10 years. I gotta figure in 10 years time I should be be able to at least make it to Disneyland....

Posted by Tammi at January 30, 2007 09:06 AM | TrackBack