In 2011 I was hired with my current company. The summer of 2011 was my first summer attending what has been called during their 75 year history, August Meetings. It use to be that all the employees would come together every August in Cincinnati. Several years later we started to meet every odd year. That's all I've known, meeting every other odd year minus the Covid years. This year we met in Nashville which to my knowledge is the first time ever we met anywhere other than Cincinnati. My team is scattered throughout the United States so it is always nice when we can be together face to face. This picture was taken out in front of the Grand Ole Opry. We are missing Shelly but other than that these are the folks I work with everyday. We are a small but mighty team conquering the wild west, as we like to say.
No doubt my job has changed signficantly in 5 years. In 2020 I started handling the state of Arizona which was challenging but 2025 has been by far the most challenging year in a long time. We got a new system and in all seriousness I have been the weakest link in learning it. Brian has been a life saver in teaching me. Then I'm learning all the ins and outs with the state of CA. It's been alot for my menopausal brain to handle. I'm getting there but it's been a process, that's for sure.
