University recruiting is my favorite part of my job. Not only do I travel to great cities, awesome universities that make me want to go back to school, I also get to meet really inspiring, energetic and brilliant students that renew my faith in humanity with their fearlessness, maturity and ambition. These fantastic youth also carry germs. The only job hazard I have, other than tripping on my way down the hall from my kitchen to my office in my own house, is catching these germs while on campus. I shake hands with anywhere from 200-300 students. Despite my hand-sanitizing efforts, I manage to catch their colds every fall.
I’ve tried not shaking hands, keeping my hands behind my back and just nodding but being reserve and intrinsic isn’t my style. I’m really a hugger so engaging in a handshake is more my speed.
So after my whirlwind tour of Toronto, Cincinnati and Denver last week with poor sleep habits, I invariably caught a cold and ear infection. I emailed in sick to work on Friday. How lame is that? Dear Boss, can’t make it to work today, I’m sick. This doesn’t mean I can’t stumble down the hall and turn on my office light and sit in front of my computer. Me calling in sick means I can not peel my head off my desk to look at my computer screen and no way possible am I able to talk on the phone. I am unable to represent, therefore I am sick.
Sleeping all day Friday and not dragging myself out of bed until 10:30 AM this morning (plus some good meds from Urgent Care) and I’m back among the living.
Let me tell you, nothing thrills my husband more than me being gone for a week then being sick for a week. How can I make it up to him? Not well….I’m gone this next week and part of the following too. Love, love will keep us together (Captain and Tenille quote) but we’re looking forward to October 19 when our lives return to normal.
Being well is my goal. What better way to be well than to go out at night in the brisk 50 degree weather that’s quickly dropping into the low 40’s tonight for some Halloween fun! Tonight we went to the Incredible Corn Maze (shout out http://www.incrediblecornmaze.com), specifically for the Haunted Corn Maze.
Here are my Children of the Corn:
There were four mazes, some up a couple of miles long! We did two of the mazes, including the haunted maze. IT WAS AWESOME!!! The mazes are cut into the corn field. The haunted maze, with no dead ends, had people jumping out and scaring the bejeezus out of you. In the dark! We ran, we screamed, we tripped, we fell, we laughed and laughed and most of all, we had tons of fun. At the end, a very tall guy in a zombie clown mask carrying a real sounding but fake blade chainsaw jumps out and chases all who pass. He chased our three boys almost all the way back to the ticket booth! This isn’t a spoiler…you see him chasing others while you wait your turn. Yet our boys kept running, and he kept chasing. adrenaline was pumping at the end.
Part of our move to Spokane from Orange County California was to expose our kids, and us, to new experiences. Corn mazes, especially haunted corn mazes and on this scale, are definitely something they never would have experienced in Southern California. Growing up in Ohio, with plenty of corn fields, we didn’t have corn mazes, so this was a fun “first” experience for all.
A great family night outside, enjoying Autumn weather, getting a taste of Halloween fun and trying something new.
Be well.
multi-hyphenated-me 