Last week I was in Lancaster, PA and then Las Vegas speaking to events by local American Business Women Association (ABWA) chapters.  I met some great women in both places.  We had a great time DESPITE what happened in Vegas!

First, a big hug and thanks to all the women in the Lancaster, PA area who came out to celebrate ABW-Day!  A big thanks to Pam Carvell who bodaciously asked me to speak!  What a hoot you are!

Here I am cutting up with Kelly West, vioted most popular morning DJ in the area, and Beverly Trimble.

After Lancaster, I headed to Las Vegas to celebrate ABW-Day with the ABWA gals there.  That's when it got interesting.  Ok, more than interesting.  It was a speaker's nightmare!  I arrived at 8 pm on a Friday night but my luggage was stuck in Pittsburgh.  The event was the next day at 11 am and, my luggage was still in Pittsburg!

By the time I concluded that my luggage wasn't likely going to arrive in time, it was too late for a WalMart run.  All my fun props, all my clothes, and all my toiletries were having a party in the luggage storage at the Pittsburgh airport.  So, I bodaciously came up with a Plan B and kept smiling.

Why not give a talk in jeans in front on nicely dressed women about living like your nail color?  Why not come up with make-do props and at like you do it that way all the time?  Why not just roll with it and focus on why I'm really there? Fortunately, the women who came to the luncheon were more than understanding.

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