Day 7 - 211 -- Innovations

The air in the house cooled and dried a bit overnight making the morning feel comfortable. By early afternoon, though, things had changed in response to the extreme sauna outside the window. Humid, wet air was clambering to find a way into the house. Again, the hope is that there will be a slight cooling inside in the overnight. This excessive heat and humidity is supposed to break a bit in the next 24-48 hours. At that point, it will just be hot, not smoking hot. <smile>

The culmination of a project that began a year ago occurred today. My colleague from BC and I presented a session at the virtual conference held by the professional association. Viewership was over 200 people, which is larger than often seen in concurrent sessions when we are all in person at the same venue. It felt good to have the presentation done today. There is still other work to consider, but this major step is completed. I'll admit that the setup in the living room was very warm, but I survived.

A song came to mind while reflecting on the past months of working through lock-down on this project. We would have met virtually anyway given our bi-coastal locales, but I did find that there was a different feeling to the work process when dealing with the pandemic situation. As a professional association, the 'summer of conference' which occurred every Wednesday for 9 weeks, worked amazingly well.  Without a model from which to work, organizers found innovative ways to bring the group together -- and it worked so well! The song shared today reminds me that the way we have worked over the past 4 months is different than the lyrics of this song, but the outcome is much the same. Stay safe. Enjoy!

Takin' Care of Business -- Bachman Turner Overdrive