Broadcast on Bahrain TV

Well I had a very good day today. Most of the last minute preparations are done for the big project on the 11th so a lot of the pressure is off. But it is a bit frustrating at work still. As GM Im responsible for everything so if something is not up to par…or the perceived par in some cases, I take the fall. I just want to say…I wrote-produced-directed (co-edited) three shows in three months…there is only so much one person can do. Im the only producer on staff so a lot of it does fall into my hands. Now part of the challenge Im facing is learning how to do business in this culture. I think I finally got it. Whew. Im pretty good at learning from our mistakes. Oh, I also got some news. The ministry is having our documentary on the Making of the Shipping Port broadcast on Bahrain TV. So they must have a certain measure of pride in it for a national broadcast. That made me feel pretty good.

We had a great meeting with one of the largest companies in Bahrain today. They want us to do a very big big big project. The question is, is it too big. We’ll have to decide that in the next couple of days, but still its nice to see all the potential.

We delivered the first batch of 1000 dvd’s to client/project #3 today. That was a load of my back. Im very proud of the work that we accomplished. Now we just have to wait to get the duplications back for project #2 and we’ll almost be complete. I can go back now and be the “general” in manager again and pay closer attention to the details which I didn’t have time to focus on the last three months.

We had quiz night tonight. There were only three of us. You are supposed to only have teams of 6 but a lot of people cheat, like this one table had 20. I do like the competition anyway. So even with three, we still won 2 of the 5 rounds. It shocked us really. So that left me on a high. Now Im on an even bigger high. I blogged last week that I was really upset and heartbroken when my youngest son decided to go to a hockey game the weekend I was coming to visit. Well he called me to tell me the plans changed, now I get to see him again. Im so happy about that. So prayers must work…so please keep them coming. I am so excited about going back to the U.S. in two weeks. Im only going to be there for 10 days…but Im so looking forward to seeing my boys (hopefully my daughter too). My parents are flying out too, so we’ll together as a family again. I sure do miss that. Bahrain is great, but my heart is with my kids.