home sick

i'm home sick. not homesick, just at home and feeling sick. our company sales meeting started last thursday through sunday and i think i'm just spent. after getting everything ready and checking it a million times, this is one party i wish i could've missed. first we had to show up bright and early to put binders together. now this is supposed to be a team effort type deal and of course the "usuals" were late. by "usuals" i mean, they usually drive you nuts because they don't do a damn thing. show up late, and then take their sweet time to get started. so we're trying to get the sales binders together. basically, the catalogs, updates, etc etc etc, are placed on six foot tables in the order that they are to be put in the binder. you take one from each stack in correct order and then place in front of the three ring binder folks for them to place in the binders. so this one jackass that doesn't do a damn thing at work anyway shows up late and starts fiddling with his ipod. after he gets just the right tune he decides to look through the catalog. this would be fine if nothing was going on, but he's doing all of this right in the way of those of us trying to finish this damn project. finally he gets into the line to help, but he's moving so slow people start passing him. i swear, i wish i would've smacked him in his head and said wake the fuck up. but aside from jackass we finished the binders and proceeded to the next step.

now mind you, i've been preparing for weeks for this meeting. i also had to give 8 presentations. 2 the first night and 6 more the next day. the first one didn't go so hot, as i was handed the info that i was to speak on the day before. it wasn't that it was bad or anything, i just didn't give it the wow factor because i wasn't as familiar with the product yet. but my next one was great, or so i was told. i was funny, witty, and knowledgeable. thank the lord because i don't know if i could've handled another flop. the next day i had to give the same presentation over and over 6 times, which went very well but giving the same presentation 6 times gets a little stale. and throughout this entire process i had to wine and dine the sales group each night and meet with them at breakfast and lunch as well. now i don't mind the wining and dining part usually but when you have to present and be at the top of your game, the wining part is not so good. i did survive however and i think they are please with my performance and view of the future.

but now i'm home sick for the second day with a chest cold and sore throat, and run down and trying to work from home. i think it's time for a little nap.