Whew, seven hours and one presentation left!

Today was absolutely fantastic. I had amazing audiences. It was incredible to stand on stage and speak my message and make contact with people to see that they were really engaged and hanging on to my every word. In fact, the presentation has been so successful that I’ve decided that I will be recording my slide show and offering it as a free download. Check back later this week for that!

What I’ve found hardest about the last few days was being alone and, thus, tied to my booth. So, I haven’t had time at all to enjoy the show. I went in a tad early today and wandered around to see what was being offered this year. I mostly saw towables, with a few high end class As, lots of truck campers, and a pitiful handful of Bs and Cs.  I had hoped to tour a Jayco Embark, but I didn’t see one.

My booth is in a prime location, but has the disadvantage of being right in the food court, so within full smell of the incredibly delicious coffee being served. I bring tons of snacks each day, but crave a coffee mid-afternoon to get me through to 9PM. The lines are just too long for me to pack up everything and grab one. So, you can imagine that I was incredibly grateful this afternoon when a reader (hi, Ron!) offered me a coffee and came back with one made up exactly the way I like it, and with a treat to boot. The thoughtfulness of the gesture completely changed my mood for the rest of the day.

I’ve been talking to a lot of people and am amazed by how many full-timers come to talk to me just to say that they’ve been doing it for years and thus don’t need my book. I ask leading questions that prove that they do and they just scoff, essentially sticking their fingers in their ears and going la la la, stop rocking the boat. Well, I’m done with living like an outlaw ashamed of her lifestyle! I’m not going to stop talking about these issues until full-timers get some sort of official status and recognition!

So, I have one talk left, at noon tomorrow, and then Miranda will be turning back into a pumpkin! I’m going to put the rig back together tonight since I decided to move back to overflow tomorrow morning, so I can be out of the way well before I need to be. I thought I might be abusing Tradex’s hospitality by requesting a final night in overflow, but the manager made it very clear that I’m not (thank you!). So, I’ll be able to go home and crash tomorrow night and move on at my leisure on Monday.

As for my post-show plans, I prefer not to divulge them at this time. I’ll let you know when I get there, because I’m determined to do so.