I had a speech in Sydenham, Ontario yesterday which is about 3 hours from my house and to cut costs for the schools involved, we put the speech after 11 am so I could drive in an out on the same day. If it was an 8 am speech, there’s no way I could have gotten up at 3 am (that’s usually my bedtime) to get ready and drive out there so this was a nice compromise.
It was weird because with 6 hours total of driving, coupled with an hour long speech and an hour of set-up and shut-down it ended up being exactly an 8 hour day. Certainly I’ve had longer days of travel and of grinding away at my computer, but this ended up being a pretty tight little 8 hour package. Now I know what it’s like to be a working man!! I thought about it on the drive home and realized I haven’t actually done a stable full day of work since my last year of High School. Sure I had classes in University, but spread out and with days off. Even when I worked for the Member of Parliament, I typically worked afternoons, evenings and weekends. Somehow I’ve managed to spend the last 10 years abiding by no set schedule. FREEDOM????
I was definitely happy with how the speech turned out and had a lot of kids rushing the stage after and E-Mailing me last night. It was a nice day that will lead into next week (my birthday week) where this year I’ll be spending my birthday in Sudbury, Ontario!! Last year it was Glasgow, Montana and this year, Sudbury! Do I know how to pick em or what!?