It has been good to be home. I was able to finish training guides for the line producer and presenter (show host) positions. Along with the previously completed coordinating producer training guide, they all total about 75 printed pages. I'm not sure if that's a lot, considering my 21 years at the company. Perhaps there should be more.
Being 4k miles away has also not stopped me, with the help of our crack human resources staff, from getting much closer to hiring an interpreter (who will translate the 75 training pages into Italian and what I speak) and 6 coordinating producers. Both of these jobs I hope to have filled in the next week or so.
This coming week will also be quite busy. I will take the overnight flight tomorrow evening, which lands at 9am Milan time Monday, get to a new hotel (much less expensive than the last - hope its OK), and get to work in time for meetings that begin at 2pm. My meeting slate won't end until 7pm. Ouch, babe. It is babe?
The two weeks I have been stateside have been wonderful. There has certainly been an heightened appreciation for the little things: Teri & Andrew's softball & baseball games, American Television, American COFFEE, hamburgers, and visiting QVC to name a few.
There also have been some really great things that have happened this past week. Teri won the academic achievement award at her school for having the highest grade point average in her class. Andrew, not surprisingly, won the best athlete award for his grade. If there were a "class clown" award he would have won that for sure. Andrew, unfortunately is quite like his father and tends to use his intelligence for evil, not good. Jack, although not confirmed, will more than likely finish with the highest grade point average in his class as well (his overall average is 98%.) Forgive me for bragging on these kids. Miriam has done an outstanding job with them and their school work.
OK - the neatest thing happened this past Thursday night. On a whim, and because we may not get a chance to see a game live for a few years, I took Teri and Jack to a Phillies game. As has been the recent custom, they lost. In the late innings however Teri and Jack were caught on the Jumbotron with the sign they had created, "Make it WERTH staying out on a school night." This in honor of Phils rightfielder Jason Werth, a Wennersten women favorite. That in itself was neat, but was even more fabulous, was that my brother Steve and niece Stephanie were at the game. They saw the kids, gave me a ring on my mobile, and we met for a few minutes after the game. It was great to see them just before I head back across the water.
Teri actually got on the Jumbotron again later in the game. She told me life was now complete.
Time to start a very busy Saturday. Ciao. Next time I write I will be back on the boot.
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