When I woke up this morning, I was dead tired. I had gotten 6 hours of sleep, and the previous days had me getting about that if just a little bit more. Tonight will be the night to sleep for a LONG TIME. Joan Golda came over to get some help on a website. She’s always so fun to talk with and just help her with stuff. She said I helped her a lot so I’m glad, and my reward…two cases of Slimfast. I had already had a box in the fridge and she randomly showed up with two more boxes, ha ha. Looks like I won’t be touching cereal for a long time.
After she was gone it was about 2pm or something…idk. I just talked with folks, had a long conversation with my mom (hadn’t had one in a while), and worked on getting the film ready to render before burning it to a DVD tomorrow morning. I feel pretty good about the trailer. I did get some negative feedback just before I left for Vintage but out of the 12-15 people that have seen it, only 2 have given some overhaul type comments so I think I’m good. In the past everyone had a quibble or the same things to say, so I think I’ve found something in the middle ground. I’m pretty happy with it, and most others seem to like it just fine. We’ll see in a day or so. I’m hesitant to post it officially because I like to sit on things and give it more thought. I prefer to be completely sure before putting something out there that represents my product, it’s just good to do that.
Around 6pm I headed to Wilson for a small group with some friends which was nice. It wasn’t like the official one but a kickoff where we just learned what was going to be studied and shared things with each other the rest of the time. I learned a lot about the folks I’ve been hanging around for months so that was a plus. I’ve met a lot of new people lately, and I’m glad. There are plenty of healthy relationships that can be built around here, I just need to dig a little deeper.
Vintage was solid, and I made an effort to go talk to way more people when it let out. Even folks I sorta knew I walked up and said hello to. I signed up for an E-Group which is a small group that meets just before Vintage so that’ll probably X out the other one I went to today in the future. That’s ok though, I’ll live. You can only do so much 
I’m bummed though that I have to miss the E-Group retreat which is on the same weekend as a friends wedding. What a great way to meet new folks and spend time with others I don’t know as well…but I’ll have to miss it. 
Applebees after Vintage was great. Sat with some new folks this time and floated around to other tables before leaving. I make sure I make the rounds before I go just to say hi to everyone and catch up. There are some great friends that I hope to know better in the next year. If I’m in NY to stay then they’ll be some changes. Time to get more aggressive and build some lasting friendships…
Overall a pretty great day of social activity 
Tomorrow I mail of Standing Firm to Affirm Films and see what they say. I’ve been waiting over 2 years for this moment and it’s finally here. The film isn’t even done, but this is a big step. The post office lady will have to rip it out of my hands, but I’ll live.
G’night folks.
