Today I attended a results meeting for my favorite client. They're a mid-size bank headquartered in Newark, Ohio, and I've been working on them since I started working at this company over six years ago. I consider them my baby and I've really gotten to know the people who work there on the pension HR team. There's something just nicer about people who live in smaller towns (although not too small. I find once a town gets too small the people are all just a little cuckoo). And these people are funny, kind, hospitable, and really do want to do right by their employees (and there are about 2,000 of them) and former employees.
Last year I attended this meeting for the first time. And it was my first results meeting ever, actually, for any client. I was so nervous, and it was literally just days after I had separated from Chris. I was in a weird spot and every time I think about that meeting, I associate it with the collapse of my marriage. This year it fell just six days after my divorce, so I will probably always associate it with that (I had to make a mental note to keep introducing myself as Bethany Coffey, not Bethany George...I'm still not accustomed to my "new" name!). I wonder what huge life events next year's meeting will bring...
Our local practice leader asked how much of the meeting I wanted to lead. Last year I presented on just one of the four topics we discussed, which was the accounting results. To a financial institution, that's the most important part to them, but it was all very straightforward and easy. This year I asked to take on more, and I lead most of the meeting myself. She jumped in here and there to add comments or answer more difficult questions, but I certainly held my own. And I wasn't nervous in the least. It was a great feeling.
The vegan experiment is still going. Guess what I had for lunch again today...and for dinner I was at Buffalo Wild Wings watching the Blue Jackets game so I didn't have many options. I ended up being really hungry by the end of the evening.
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