MAIDEN TRIP TO OKNRAIL TRAIN CLUB MEETING

my husband and myself are members of a local train club: OkNrail. (www.Oknrail.org). and it was that time of the year for elections.

i had thrown my personal hat in, to be the secretary, as bruce asked me to do so, because another members handwriting was barely legible (he said, i never saw it, so i cant say for sure).
and i said id only run for this position if another person would run against the shoe-in for the new presidency.
i had even emailed his nomination for election in.

one problem.

craigs job has him get off a bit too late, and when he hits the house by the time we end up at the meeting, were late. so people were asking the then former president how i could be the secretary if i wasnt going to be there on time.

well, as fortune would have it, OR you could call it a blessing, thats what im gonna call it. we fixed the van up, and timing has a weird way of making sure its an important thing to know...it was fixed just in time for me to make the 1st meeting for these all-important elections.

another problem, i had never drivien to the meeting place alone before.

so, i had to have a maiden run, so id know my way there, and i had to be driving it so id know where to be looking for landmarks.
its different when your the driver than when your the passenger.

so, we took my maiden trip the day before the meeting. these are some pics. ENJOY!
MICHELLE

pulling out of the driveway.

success! :)

as a side note, i won the secretary election! it was a split tie between me and Bobbie Becker. we had a re-vote (secretly, i was hoping hed get it) my cast for president turned the position down, left me with no one to vote for, so i felt boxed in for the position. and i had hoped Robbie would win.
but as it would happen, *I* won it...on the second vote.

and i think, if im not mistaken, and i may be...i may be the 1st female to have any sort of position on the board.

eh. it is what it is.

MICHELLE

TRAIN CLUB MEETING & A BRUISED EGO

Thursday, January 11, 2007

TRAIN CLUB MEETING & AND A BRUISED EGO

tonight (as is every 2nd tuesday of the month) was the OK N-RAIL (OKlahoma N-scale model RAIL club) model train club meeting.
this is truely a craig-thing.

i go for the bbq, to be honest. and endure sitting thru the clubs 2 hours of updates on the clubs this' and thats. to me..QUITE BORING. but i go to support craig. hes an N-scale model train enthusist.

im slowly inching into the model train thing as well..i like the z-scale size (smalles they offer in model train stuff). craigs trains the next size up from mine.

at anyrate, we went as a family.

and they did thier regular routine of this-ing and that-ing. and alot of blah blah blah..lol

at the end, i went up to rick isleman (a member) and told him a few months back at another meeting that the president (steve hanson) had informed me he THOUGHT that there were 2 corner module pieces (naked--meaning nothings on them, no track, or scenery) sitting at a former members home (who has passed away).
immediaitly when i stated that steve had told me to go to rick, rick told me to go back to steve...whom then walks up to the conversation asking why his name was mentioned. basicaly..what were we discussing.

i began to speak, explaining the issue and steve mentioned he didnt recall he had even told me to ask rick...i reminded steve, that was a common occurance and theme i had dealing with him...lack of memory.

so, i continued, and he quite abrasivley stated that right as i started to speak was about the time he "tuned me out anyway".
i was shocked. how rude! i didnt say anything offensive to him. he has a lacking memory, obviously he cant remember he does because we always have to repeat the same thing every single time we are talking about the subject im refering to (but not mentioning here).
i looked at him with an intense anger, and im sure the expression on my face read volumes to him.
he wanted to know what was said about him and why...
i expressed misgivings about his off-attitude
he still wanted to know and acted as if he was in a hurry..
i told him he was rude and what he said was uncalled for.

he had a half-hearted attempt at an appology for me and i stated he needed to listen to me before he interupted me, for me to be able to tell him the entire thing.

so, i said it.

then he says to me...
"oh, those corner modules arnt there anymore. lynn and i have been there since and they arnt there."

all of that, to come to the point of: they arnt there anyway.

i had to be belittled, and stand up for myself...over..nothing.

so, well have to make them for MY train guage, now.
sure would have been nice if steve could have rememberd i wanted to inquire about them and had thought (if he had remembered) to email me so id not have to deal with what i delt with tonight.

just to note..this want the 1st time steves been abrasive with me for no reason. this incident makes 2 times. he really makes it hard for me to WANT to pay membership for thier club.

usually, steves a really nice fella. funny, and interesting. but theres times when he just isnt that same person and he unloads this OTHER person onto me without warning. he dished that same one out again tonight. i didnt appreciate it. it wanst even in a private setting, it was with several other members around.

MICHELLE

Posted by MICHELLE WILLIAMSON at 11:23 PM