I wanted to say I am so sorry for any confusion that has been caused because of the summit.
First off please let me set it clear that I didn't flake out or bail on the summit. I am the kind of person where if I don't want to do something, I don't do it and I will say so. I would have had no problem telling Nick I didn't want to go to the summit or that I just wasn't coming. Not in a mean way of course, just saying that being direct, not really an issue for me. I am very professional, most of the time
but I can assure you I had full intent on going to the summit this year.
To keep things short I left out from Greensboro Friday and was traveling with a friend/trainer that was coming with me to the summit. As you know the weather was really bad. She is very afraid of flying in the first place and so with the storm and landing in Atlanta and then the flights being delayed, she was very scared and she would not get on the connecting flight.
I bought all new tickets and tried to get on another flight, but she couldn't do it. We tried one more time, and it just wasn't going to happen. I wasn't going to leave my friend there and so I drove her back to Greensboro and did not get home to mid afternoon the next day (Sat).
I had told Nick everything and initially I had said to him "Don't say anything yet, if we can make it there I don't want her to be embarrassed." Because she was embarrassed and I was just trying to be nice.
Afterward I talked to Nick and told him everything and was sad I couldn't come.
I had also seen a message from Andrea (miss teniacty) on Facebook saying that she understood about the flying issue and hopes everything was well. So from that I figured that Nick had told everyone at that point what was up and why i wasn't there.
I didn't know until tonight that people didn't know what was going on so
I am very very sorry for any confusion. Nick wasn't saying thing out of respect of what I had said is all. I wasn't going to say anything publicly because I didn't know that people didn't know, so this is the only reason why I am addressing it.
I have had a ton of things going on since and I just haven't had time to hop online. I was planning on doing a general email and blog post tomorrow on things (nothing related to that) but finding this out I felt I should come on tonight and explain.
I was also putting together a written version of the talk I was going to give and post it up, just as a way to say "Hate I missed it and sorry you have to read my writing now."
Again, I am very sorry for the problems and lack of communication on the issue. I love my JP'ers, I didn't even think of it as a speaking thing, I just wanted to hang out. However, I hope anyone here knows that if their was an issue or question they had they don't need a summit to ask me, so please let that be an open invitation for anyone that may have wanted to discuss anything. That makes me feel like a big head to say that, I only mention cause the concern has been expressed.
On a personal level I am very disappointed about not going and a bit embarrassed now because I was thought to flake out. I realize of course the lack of my communication was the problem and that fault is my own, I just wasn't thinking it was an issue.
I hope that clears things up, but if not feel free to discuss it with me, here or privatly.
I have already talked with Nick about next year. We have decided that it is in my best intrest for me to say I am not coming because of Jinx.