Diane Dutton

The Lady Bear Chronicles Part 3 - A Shakespearean Tail!



Posted: Monday, July 20, 2009

by Diane Dutton
ESO Publications

The Adventure Continues



Over 2,000 miles to pick up a puppy; for a women who never owned a pet anything in her life, it was quite a traumatic experience. My husband, Michael, tried very hard to mask the trauma with distractions. He didn't have to think too far out of the box; the distractions of life were already in our hands, a ready made set of issues no family should have to face when they are preparing for an adventure to pick up a puppy 2,000 miles away!

"A rose by any other name", OK, enough with the Shakespeare! In this case the "distractions" included the loss of a job, the move to "consultant", the ever changing investor market, and the patent process for our new software technology, software support issues, kids in college, kids out of college, a bad housing market, and the changes in the overall economy and on top of that my ladies workout gym was closing! Way too much for any two people to handle.

When in doubt, I recall a famous line from the movie Animal House "Road Trip!"

So, in the middle of the trauma, let's go get our new puppy. For me, it was important that I maintained the illusion of productive work effort while on the road. I was repositioning our software business plan for some very promising investor types who sent a business plan format they utilize for their "Angel" Investor Network. Great! I would work on my laptop in the car while we drove across country to pick up the dog. No wasted time here. Oh, I was so mistaken. How can you focus on rewriting a business plan when you are traveling through the scenic states of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma? You can't. With the anticipation of getting the puppy and the interesting Clive Cussler adventure on CD, I was easily torn away from my big work plan to just chilling out, listening to the mystery and anticipating the future. A future I would have never imagined in my 50 years of life!

Sometimes when you think your life should get less complicated, along comes a little white puppy to make it much more complicated. You learn to let go of worrying about the most trivial of things. You learn that you cannot always control everyone and everything. You learn to care about more than you and your own little world. All of that I found in the face of that little white puppy. On March 9 th of 2007 a little puppy walked into my life. Of course I assumed puppies liked puppy toys and puppy treats. Lady Bear; she gave treats a whole new meaning. And so the adventure of the 6 day, 5 night trek across 7 states was compounded by on the job experience with fast food, the smallest patches of grass, poopy shoes and my husband's mysterious illness for the last leg of the journey.

If God was testing my patience and training me to live in a not so sterile world, this was a great beginning!

Diane Dutton is an MBA, CPA, Speaker, Woman's Financial Coach and Career Advisor, Author of "A Woman's Ladder To Success is Paved With Broken Glass Ceilings". and now the newest breakthrough work "The Winning Edge".  With 29 years of executive corporate experience, she consults with CEOs of small and mid-size companies as well as speaks accross the country on business finance and helping women break through the glass ceiling of their career.  Ms. Dutton is a member of NAWBO, WAN, NAFE, TMA, NSCPA and the AICPA,  You can find more at www.businesswomenspeak.com.

 

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