Patience...Growth...Excitement!

This afternoon I left the beautiful spring we have been experiencing in Whitefish in a bit of a rush. I am on my way to Chicago for a fitness expo.

Genesis Transformation, www.genesistransformation.com, is setting up a booth and my friend Chrisy and I are on our way to participate. I have been excited, the learning opportunity is fantastic, and apprehensive, networking with over 5,000 fitness professionals! I am about to get a crash course in marketing and promotion!

Unbeknownst to me our flight was canceled out of Kalispell, mechanical issues, and Christy spent the morning getting us situated on an earlier flight out of Kalispell. I came out of a session with a client this morning, list in hand, thinking I had plenty of time to run around, prepare food, shower, the basics and was quickly informed that if I could get out of Kalispell it was going to happen 2 hours sooner than I had planned.

I got the bare bones done, skipped the shower and trimming my bangs, probably a good thing, additional food prep and kitchen cleanup, zipped my bags and got to the airport in record time. We both got on the early flight and landed to dreary weather in Salt Lake.

In the last hour we have watched our luggage get loaded on the plane. Been told of another mechanical delay, mechanical fixed; boarding in 10 minutes, not fixed; not boarding, $6 meal voucher; more water, luggage taken off the plane, plane pushed away from the gate, new plane...maybe, canceled...maybe, oh not canceled; new plane...yep, leaving? When?

When I heard about the initial problems I panicked and for 30 minutes or so I was frantic. I lost my money, couldn't find my cell phone, ran around the house in my underpants, wasted time. After a bit I remembered the tattoo I got this winter, "engage" and I stopped to breathe. I told myself all was a-ok and I relaxed. On the flight to SLC I wrote in my journal. I identified my goals for this upcoming weekend. I considered my weaknesses and ways to tackle them to fully take advantage of this upcoming adventure.

So, I am excited. I am excited to share the information I will learn this weekend and will certainly come away with some new exercise ideas at the least!