Yesterday was really busy. I went to my last Boot Camp workout. I have been going to Boot Camp for 21 days. It has been worth it. I might go for a few months starting in January. I was able to use a Groupon to get the package down to $49 from $229. My friend pays $130 per month. If you pay that much, you better go everyday and I don’t want to and sometimes can’t. I am going to wait and see if they have a “Resolution” deal in January as I will have more time then.
I went shopping afterwards and I went to see the Iowa – Indiana Game at Noon. At 5 p.m., I met Karen, Tony, and Christopher at Epcot. The three of them were some of the first friends I had in Orlando. All of worked at French Quarter. It was really fun remembering all the fun times we had. I had forgotten how much we had done together. We are going to get together again probably to play some board games in the hotels around Christmas. We might try to go to SeaWorld and see that parks’ Christmas shows.
I was told on Friday afternoon to come up with a fun activity for an event my workplace is having on Tuesday night that relates to trade. I am going to divide the attendees into 4 groups or countries. Each group will each receive an assortment of candy from certain brands. So, one group will receive different flavors of Tootsie pops. Another group will receive Starbursts, Skittles, Mamba, etc. Another group will receive (Nestle brand) Butterfingers, O Henrys, etc. And the fourth group will receive Milky Ways, Mars, etc. There will be four rounds. In the first round, each person has to say how happy they are with their piece of candy. In the second round, each country can trade within its own group and then repeat saying how happy they are. In the third round, there will be a free trade agreement where two countries can trade with each other and then repeat saying how happy they are. In the fourth round, all countries will be able to trade with anyone and repeat how happy they are. After the fourth round, most, if not all, countries should be better off than without trade. While we will not have time for tariffs, to show the power of Free Trade Agreements, I think and hope it will work out well.
Last night, Karen and Christopher helped me think of countries. I designed the countries’ flags today.