A BUSY DAY

I know that I have an appointment with you daily, and I let you down yesterday. But boy what a day! After doing the morning newscasts, I bolted upstairs to make some DVD dubs for a meeting I was having out at the Capital Area Food Bank.

A good friend Adam Shapiro stopped by the station to briefly meet with me and our news director. Then the race was on to the garage. Adam and I piled into the car and headed out.

The meeting at the Food Bank was slated to start at 12:30. I promised Jana Richardson I would get there early. Jana is on the Food Bank staff and she wanted to go over some things since I was chairing this meeting. I told her I would be there 15 minutes early. I glanced at the clock radio, and it read 12:23.

I managed to dodge past one of the big trucks getting ready to back up to the loading bay to get loaded up with food. I hopped out and started the sprint up the stairs. As I made my way down the hall I caught the eye of Jana. "Are they already here?" She smiled and answered, "Yes!"

We huddled in the hallway briefly, and decided on how to proceed with the meeting. Then I entered the room with an agenda and a plan. Both were gone in a matter of minutes. I had to change it on the fly because some would have to leave the meeting early. Oh well, that's what you get when you have a guy in charge who's used to ad libbing and free lancing.

The meeting was my idea, I'm trying to recruit people to help with organizing and putting on the Blue Jeans Ball next year.

So I'm trying to assemble an event committee of all stars to help out. As the meeting progresses they begin to throw out ideas, and that's exactly what I'm looking for. Some people who are willing to have ownership, to be creative, to take us to the next level.

So by the time I got home it was around 4:30 in the afternoon. I'm exhausted but excited because I think I have a great team to work with me. I'll keep you posted on the progress and the date of the event so that you can get your tickets before they start going fast. To learn more about the Capital Area Food Bank check out their site. It's posted here. http://www.capitalareafoodbank.org/