Only so much to go around . . .

I find myself sitting in the front row of a packed conference room.  The lights are low, the tension is high.

More than 400 people have come to see Scott Kelby, a renowed photographer and Photoshop guru, work his magic in a one-day intensive seminar.

The lights are still low.  The tension is no longer high among the other 399 people...only with me.  I have already received four emails regarding work related tasks, a call from an intentionally unemployed close friend wondering what I am doing today, a husband who needs to vent, and elder parents who seek my help in a technology issue.

And the conference hasn't even started. 

To make matters worse in my little world, I failed to collect enough change to keep me stocked in DP for the day, so my concentration level would have to go the natural route.  I pitied the Mary Beth to my left and a Martha to my right.  They had no conceivable idea.

So I look skyward, grasping for the grateful list I was scribing in my head:  job that pays for conferences, a car to take me there, a friend who watches over my dogs, and a brain to take in all the wonderful things that is happening in photography, a special love of mine.

I look downward.  I have a blue sock and a black sock on.  Great...so much for looking hip among all the creative types today.

At least I am grateful to have socks.