May 5, 2020 – #1 – First Post

Last week I went to Gulf Shores with my BFF, Linda, (I’m from Tennessee and she lives in Alabama). We both had been quarantined for six weeks and were tired of the same old scenery. We rented a place on the beach even though the beaches were closed. We read and talked most of the time, bought fresh seafood from the market, and cooked shrimp, crabs, crab cakes, oysters, and grouper. Every night was a feast.

This is where this blog idea took root. My 80th birthday is July 4, 2020 which inspired a conversation about our past lives and anything we want to accomplish while we still can. My life has been very full and I want to share my experiences with others. In short, I want to be a motivational speaker. However, I have no idea how to get there other than knocking on doors and asking whoever answers “Hello, I am Janet, and I am a motivational speaker. Do you have anything you aspire to do that you lack the motivation to accomplish?” Linda says “Why don’t you start a blog?” and so we begin.

I have been friends with Linda for over 40 years We both worked for the administration of the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the 1970/80s. I was the Director of Central Computing and she was the Budget Director. We were the highest-ranked women at UAB. I call us the in-between generation.