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glad that's over
Sep. 12th, 2015 09:25 amI did a presentation about Scotland to a group in Milwaukee last night. The Celtic Women. Every month they bring in a guest to talk about something Celtic related. So I brought my photos and discussed Scotland. I talked for just under an hour and showed tons of slides. I gave a bit of history or background on most of the places.
When I first signed on to do this, I decided I'd wait until after our party on August first, and then I'd have all month to put it together. But I didn't start it until September. I was going to spend most of Labor Day weekend working on it, then finish it up over the week. I didn't start it until Monday evening. So then I spent a couple of hours per night on it. It took most of the week to choose the photos. Then Thursday night I started writing my notes. I had to take off work yesterday to finish it. I didn't get done writing my notes until after lunch. Then I had to redo all the photos to make them bigger. 285 of them. In two hours. I got just over half of them done, and I was really rushing. My printer ran out of ink at the last moment, I was late leaving the house, traffic was backed up, etc. I haven't felt that anxious in... ever, I think.
But I got there on time. The woman who runs the thing was late because she had to go back home to get her projector, so I was quite early. I barely figured out how to get the projector working with my computer, but we got that sorted, and everything went fine. There were about 20 people there.
When I first signed on to do this, I decided I'd wait until after our party on August first, and then I'd have all month to put it together. But I didn't start it until September. I was going to spend most of Labor Day weekend working on it, then finish it up over the week. I didn't start it until Monday evening. So then I spent a couple of hours per night on it. It took most of the week to choose the photos. Then Thursday night I started writing my notes. I had to take off work yesterday to finish it. I didn't get done writing my notes until after lunch. Then I had to redo all the photos to make them bigger. 285 of them. In two hours. I got just over half of them done, and I was really rushing. My printer ran out of ink at the last moment, I was late leaving the house, traffic was backed up, etc. I haven't felt that anxious in... ever, I think.
But I got there on time. The woman who runs the thing was late because she had to go back home to get her projector, so I was quite early. I barely figured out how to get the projector working with my computer, but we got that sorted, and everything went fine. There were about 20 people there.
