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The company picnic started like most picnics do. Cars arriving full of people, food and games. Folks scattering about, setting up tables and making sure all the food, plates, and extras made sense. The kids gravitating to their groups, to do what kids do. Mat brought music for a little background. The weather was perfect - plenty of sun for those that want sun. But we had shade to hold those catching-up conversations. And even an air-conditioned building to eat (and rest) in.

Troy was burning burgers on the grill. Well, maybe not burning, just fanning some foot high flames. They were pretty! He was nearly finished when he had to track down Mat to move the music inside because it had started to sprinkle lightly. 20 minutes later it was a deluge. Hard rain, high winds, thunder, lightening and even some hail thrown in for good measure.

While there were some attendees that resembled taking a shower with their clothes on, we continued to picnic in the safety of the building we had planned on using only sporadically before. The picnic inside from the elements wasn't even noticed by most. I'm sure the kids would rather have been outside. But even they made do with the hallway as their playground. Good thing we had that building!

It's just a reminder that you never know what life's going to throw at you. You can plan and plan, work the plan, and know that sometimes you'll need to fall back to that backup plan. Or even roll out the backup of the backup plan. But if you keep sight of your goal, you'll get there. Just be sure to plan.

We've been planning HostingCon for nearly a year now. And it is fast approaching. So if you haven't already, get those plans together! Remember to use your webhostingtalk2009 discount when ordering. Also, the Early Bird expires June 29. So get over there and register!

Thanks for listening. And I'll see you on the forums.

Dennis Johnson (aka SoftWareRevue)
iNET Community Coordinator

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