Lobster Salad

Today was a high, defiantly.
it was the day that I, Rachael Belanger, got to go to the 2010 Chicago Bridal Show!!! I guess i didn't say anything about this earlier, but it's true, because of my job (in training to be a bridal consultant) i got a free ticket to the show. i had to "work" at it of course, but i would have gone even if it didn't pay!! it started out with doing something i've always wanted to do. this would be walking up through a giant line of anxiously waiting people and shoot straight under the crimson rope. yep. it was a thrill beyond belief to be someone important. the fact that i purposely dressed like Anne Hathaway in the movie "Devil wears Prada" also helped.
aside from eating lobster salad, rubbing elbows with the president of Chicago's leading fashion company, and standing at the edge of the runway submersed in pumping music and flashing aqua lights i managed to impress my boss and the head of wedding registry for Bed, Bath, and Beyond with my extrema selling skills.

I weaseled my way into the hearts of around 70 women tonight. they are now bride's to be with registry's at my store. the head lady spoke to my boss and told her that i was one of the best she'd seen. my boss then took me aside and asked if i would be available to go to the training conference for bridal consultants this week. i can't believe it!!!!
I am constantly reminded that everything happens for a reason. the fact that i was even there tonight was a result of one family emergency and another emergency room visit for two of the other girls ahead of me, leaving me in the throws of wedding show bliss.

i guess more that anything tonight i surprised MYSELF. i would have never guessed that i could do what i did tonight. i was proactive, quick, persuading, and overly confident. not me, but also, very me. i think i'm evolving into a different, and better, version of myself. i HAVE to be this person. to survive here, to survive where God planted me, i need to be better. i don't always feel better, but then i get pushed on stage and suddenly i'm dancing. imagine that.