Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Am I Boring?

I feel so busy, but this lil blog is so...mmm....not that fascinating lately. But maybe that's okay right?

I did have a really great Chicago Elevated day yesterday, in a really weird way.

I have a friend I met in the Pedway, who's always there too. We laugh and he helps me with tours and I help him out and we've become friends. Bill is the Pedway Musician, so we're buds. Well I hadn't seen him in a couple of weeks and we had texted months ago, I sent him a text and found out his father had died. We messaged back and forth and it was nice.

Well yesterday Bill came back and I came walking through the Pedway with 34 seniors and we all stopped and clapped for Bill and I'm pretty sure a ton of people tipped him. I walked over, he gave me a hug and Bill started crying. Just crying and playing music and my tour of old folks looking on. I got a message from Bill later that that made his whole day and it was just really affirming and nice that I made a true friend in the Pedway.

Then one of the people on my seniors tour gave me a hug, which always shocks and gladdens me. And then I walked out of the Cultural Center with 34 dollar bills in my pocket. So nice.

Then I had a private tour and we just had this great time and she came and found me on Facebook and they oohed and ahhhd in all the appropriate places and ...

I compare myself a lot. I worry about what other people are doing a lot. I worry especially about my competition and where they are on Trip Advisor and what marketing they're doing.

And yesterday I thought: Who else is stopping to hug Bill in the Pedway? Who's getting hugs from lil ole ladies as they slip a folded dollar bill in your hand? Who else is making friends with their tourees?

No one. This is my life. This is the way I do it. This is what makes me different and this is the way I like it.

Concentrate Hixx.

3 comments:

Melisa Wells said...

You are the OPPOSITE of boring, my friend. Don't make me compliment you until you blush, seriously.

Erica said...

THIS POST MADE ME WEEPY.
You are special, my friend.

Hixx said...

Aw, you guys are peanuts.