Been doing some good job and networking stuff in the past few days. Yesterday:

The mayor of Charlotte, Anthony Foxx, came to my office building, Packard Place. I'd been wanting to meet him. He's following me on Twitter (I can't remember if he was before).

Last night a cool group, People DNC, was meeting at Packard Place- bloggers/independent media covering the DNC. I couldn't stay, but there's a lot of people I like in the group and I hope to get involved. A lot of stuff happens at Packard Place, it's an entrepreneurial hub.

I went to a client meeting and stayed for a meeting of the Charlotte Jaycees. They just finished a really cool project where they donated books to a slum in Kenya. They did have a guest speaker, an uber conservative running for a contested congressional seat. I sat there the whole time wanting him to shut. up. Quite a change from my old political self. Enjoyed the people though.

Today a potential client invited me to a networking lunch she was speaking at. A ton of the Jaycees were there so I had instant friends. The potential client, Mara, runs a nonprofit. And is a hugger.

So, met a lot of people, maybe some new clients. Will probably get involved with the Jaycees and People DNC. Definite progress!

So, appointment with Dr. Taylor today. I decided to save the IC etc. stuff for later and just focus on my bronchitis/whatever I have. Didn't work terribly well, I was still so nervous I was shaking. The first question she asked me, about if my UTI symptoms were better, I said I wanted to talk about it another time. And rest of the time went back to her asking me questions and me answering them monosyllabically. Which I don't like.

But, I got through it. I got antibiotics. And I'm going back on Friday to talk about the really hard stuff. But if I was this freaked out today, I'm scared of what I will be like then, knowing what I will have to talk about.

When I was leaving, after Dr. Taylor had already gone in the hall, I asked her, 'Would it be weird if I asked you or a hug?' and she said, 'Sure. It wouldn't be weird.' and gave me a hug. I really needed one right then. So, that was very cool. And very cool of her.