Finally, something to write home about

Typical day at the pavilion today, managing queues, waving people in, and then entertaining them standing on my regular rickety little chair, with that rather perturbing give in the wooden slats of the seat, I was all “欢迎来到美国管 ”and“请往前面走”（Welcome to the U.S Pavilion and Please walk to the Front）. There had been rumors earlier that morning that Al Gore might be coming, and they’d roped off the area around my little chair, but I expected to be pushed in a corner when the time came, told not to move my feet and keep away from camera’s or some such normal behavior. So this is why it was the shock of my life when halfway through welcoming a group through our Eagle winged Pavilion doors, I realized the large group of suits wasn’t a regular Vip group after all when Al Gore walked by me, looked up and said “Hey.” Needless to say I choked on my “Ni Hao” and had to take a few shaky breaths whispering mentally “get your stuff together Heather” to finish THAT little speel. And I thought that was all I was gonna get, I ushered the group safely to the next act, and was creeping over, ready to try and peer at him behind some plant…..and then had to run furiously back to my place when I realized the group was headed right back towards me! I took my well-known place against the wall, giving the group plenty of space to pass by as they stood in their group admiring our room full of…..of screens and corporate names. I guess, it being Hawaii week and such, my jarringly bright red luau shirt got their attention and our commissioner General beckoned to me, “Heather, come meet Al Gore.” My face turned as red as my shirt, but I walked right into the middle of that black sea and those camera’s and got formally introduced to Al Gore. He said he was impressed with my introduction! And then I made some silly joke about wearing this Hawaiian shirt (yeah…not so funny) and it was great. Hopefully I can get pictures up on this thing eventually (that’s right, our photographer got a few good ones). So yep, that was my day at work today. Can't wait for tomorrow...