Possibilities.  Today I am thankful for possibilities.

Last year when I “pitched” my small business called Adventure Mendota in the Washington County Business Plan Challenge, I blogged about it and talked about it on social media.  I then had to come back and admit that I was beat.   By a wiener no less!   (The Political Dog which is a very cool hot dog eatery won fair and square.)

This year (never one to be deterred) I went back and “pitched”  to another group — the My Southwest Virginia Opportunity Cup.    Here I am at our practice pitch.   Each week during the process, we gather and hear speakers, focus on relevant topics, share, practice, and eat!  I look like I’ve been eating too much.  Probably not practicing enough but definitely finding the pizza or Jersey Mike subs that are normally served.

Mike did a stellar business plan but my pitch was not as well done as it should have been.    I had worked all day.  I was tired, and I didn’t have a podium as I did in the picture above.   I missed that podium!!    I had no place for my notes, so I laid them aside and just referred to the Power Point–which meant that I kept turning my head away from the judges and back at the screen.   And I might have had a Mountain Dew which really makes me hyper.   And…there is the wild, crazy, friendly dog issue.   Mike compares me to our dog, River.   He said my presentation had all of the style and presence that River demonstrated Sunday when we purchased a bunch of Halloween toys at Pet Smart for 27 cents each.   Oh my…Heaven help me.

We will soon know the outcome of our efforts and I’m over being anxious about it.  I am just grateful I got to compete.  I’m thankful for that as I finish up this day.