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I’ve learned that they shouldn’t call this town Boca Raton - it should be Coches Costosos (expensive cars). I’ve never seen so many nice cars side-by-side in regular parking lots. And, it’s normal to see valet parking almost everywhere. There are even grocery markets with valet parking. *wow*

A nice little surprise happened to me this evening. I noticed a Panera in the shopping center next to the hotel so I walked over there tonight to grab a quick bite of food. Turns out that they’re in training and officially opening on Monday so no food. However, I walked up at the perfect time as they were handing out all of the baked goods they had made just a while earlier. I grabbed a bag of bagels and it had 3 of my favorites in it.

Then, next door to the Panera was Uncle Tai’s Chinese Restaurant where they were celebrating their 20th anniversary. I didn’t have my camera with me but they had dragon dances, kung fu demonstrations and firecrackers soon after I walked up. Fun stuff.

Now it’s just me and my bagels working in the room. We’ve had a fantastic event here in Boca but I’m looking forward to heading home tomorrow evening after we finish our last day of class.

The week has started off really well here in Boca Raton (simply translated as “rat mouth” in Spanish), Florida. My colleague, Peter, and I are doing 2 training events this week with HSMAI.

The first course is new and started today. It’s using the simulation that I programmed and everything went really well. The feedback has been extremely positive and the long hours are paying off. Wednesday we’ll start the next course which we can do in our sleep. These are both fantastic courses and the best in the industry.

They’ve had a bit of rain while we’ve been here which they desperately need. Some of the participants said that they saw the brush fires on the drive to Lynn University, where we’re holding the courses. Other than that things are smooth and normal.

Hope everyone is well!

Just got a phone call on my business line…

Person: Can i speak to the person in charge of the phone bills?
Me: This is he, but would you please take us off of your list.
Person: But you don’t know what I’m going to offer.
Me: That’s right!
Person: Enjoy your high rates.
Me: Thanks!