Friday the 21st was a little unusual. It began with an early morning visit to my B&B host Ed’s school in Greensboro, in search of hi-speed access. As I mentioned, Ed is the director of an independent middle school, called Greensboro Day School. Wow! Did I ever feel like a middle school kid! No matter what I tried, my computer was denied access! For a person with a serious ‘hi-speed’ addiction, this can be a problem. Just the evening before I’d visited a local Kinkos, where I’d been able to receive mail but not send any.
During my brief visit to Greensboro Day School, all of the students on campus were actively participating in a day of co-operative games. Each team was made up of students of various ages, from some of the very youngest to some of the most senior. It appeared that everyone (including staff and students) was having a great time.
After leaving Ed’s school, I had to visit a Panera’s Bakery (which promised access) where I bought a sandwich, PLUS three Starbucks cafés. Finally, after finding a fourth Starbucks, offering Internet that actually worked, I settled down to get some work done. You can’t imagine how much I laughed when they came out offering me a second coffee, for free! I must have looked like a homeless person settling in for a warm Starbucks afternoon. It was a generous offer but I was already filled to the hilt with coffees from my previous jaunts in search of hi-speed access.
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Me being offered a second coffee for free while surfing the net.
During my search that day, I did stumble upon one educational toy store. I went in, introduced myself, and presented some samples. Of course, I also asked where I could find the closest place with Internet access. Scott Brewington, of Learning Express Toys in Greensboro, seemed really excited about our educational audio kits. (His store, by the way, is filled with a lot of neat stuff.) As is often the case, sometimes the best relationships develop from unexpected moments. I wouldn’t be surprised if Learning Express Toys becomes one of our best customers. Just because the visit to their store was totally unplanned, and that’s the way life often is!
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Outside of Learning Express Toys [left] before meeting Scott [right].
Heading on south, I was excited about driving to Gastonia, NC for the weekend, where I could recoup at a hotel with hi-speed just a few feet from my bed!