Gloria Ferris

While in Atlanta earlier this month two chance meetings happened that I think are worth sharing. The first happened as I had a conversation in one of those glass enclosed elevators that really gives me claustrophia.  Now I know that probably makes no sense to many of you but somehow seeing the expanse of the outside and knowing I am in this teeny tiny enclosure starts the panic.  To combat this I usually engage in convesation with any soul who will talk to me.  Luckily, there was a lady as talkative as I was and she started the conversation.  She asked if I was on a business trip as well. I told her that I was there for an educational seminar.  She said that so was she-a nursing seminar.  She then related that she told her husband that “business” just did not fit in with her idea of a “trip” which she associated with vacation.  How strange is this?  It turned out that she was a nurse at MetroHealth in Cleveland.  When I told her that I lived by the zoo on Denison, we both laughed at how here we were so far from home and it was the first time we had had a conversation. 

The second incident happened at the evening reception held at the Atlanta Aquarium.  One of the other attendees told me that she had  been listening to the podcasts at Meet The Bloggers.  I had told her about the venture last year at the seminar.  She is from Northeast Ohio and her daughter dates Joe Marinucci’s son who told her that his dad had sat down with Meet.The.Bloggers.  Joe’s interview was the first she listened to, but now she says that she is addicted.  She listens   to bits and pieces of many of them while at work.  Her husband was REALLY interested in that portion of the conversation, but she told him that there was a wealth of information that she is now using because it was educational and informative.   I always feel kind of good when I go somewhere and someone unexpectedly tells me that they have listened to Meet The Bloggers.