I wanted to fire off one more entry before I hit the road. Today has been less then perfect, so I figure if I purge all the evil right now, right here, so it will not follow me. I’m about to get on the road in 15 minutes and about 2 hours ago, the lap top bit the dust. I will be going away on the biggest business trip of my life for 7 days without a lap top. I am riding with and staying with a friend and she is bringing hers so at night I will be able to work on something and thankfully I have memory stick so I won’t be totally in the dark, however, there is the Quickbooks issue. If she does not have Quickbooks 2008 on her lap top (and I can’t get a hold of her right this second to find out), I will not be able to access any of my accounts. Isn’t that CRAZY?! I’m still in shock and have not really digested the ramifications of going to my first tradeshow and not have access to my “business”. THEN about 1 ago my old phone (which is so old that I have not gone to Sprint to have all the files input into my new phone) dumped all the information and somehow when I went to re-sync it, it backed up the “nothing” that was on my phone onto the desktop. I do have a back up to the back up but that is the…… you guessed it…. THE DEAD LAP TOP! So basically I’m going to Atlanta for 7 days, on the most pivotal business trip of my career thus far with no computer, no contact information, no account information and no clue. Okay…. This is where it STOPS. I’m going to get on the road, have a fantastic trip, gets tons of sales, do things the old fashion way (with pen and paper) and knock-em dead!! Wish me luck!!

Leslie Haywood, Founder and President of Charmed Life Products, Inventor of Grill Charmsâ„¢ www.grillcharms.com