I’m so excited to link up with three fun ladies, Coco, Lynda and Deborah (Got 2 Run 4 Me, Fitness Mom Wine Country and Confessions of a Mother Runner) again for the March coffee date. For me, it’s a tea date because I don’t drink coffee. 🙂 Thanks, ladies for hosting – I love this linkup!
If we were having tea today, I’d tell you…
- How frustrated I am at blogger bad behavior. In addition to discovering a couple of bad mannered bloggers in my Friday Five linkup that I cohost, I learned that one blogger plagiarized another blogger recently. I was so disgusted by this behavior – it’s so disappointing that someone would do that. I know this happens all the time but these two bloggers were in a blogging support group together – talk about ironic. I’m glad that in my inner circle, things like this don’t happen!
- How I’m excited about so many fun things to celebrate this spring. Races and trips and visits from friends abound this spring and I’m READY! I won’t talk about the weather because I think I’ve exhausted all my weather related complains. I’ll just keep looking at my list of things I’ll miss about winter and acknowledge that winter will end, eventually.
- How much I’m loving my job lately. I don’t really talk about work much on the blog but in short, I’m a lawyer turned consultant who focuses on talent issues facing the legal industry – particularly the lack of women and minorities. In the course of my work, I get to think a lot about best practices and what law firms and individuals can do to help support a more diverse industry. I LOVE IT and know just how lucky I am to focus on things that I love.
- How I love weekends! Even though I work from home, I still enjoy a good weekend – I love quiet mornings, church on Sunday and all the fun that comes along with those things. I do NOT losing an hour of sleep. Boo to that but yay to more sunlight and spring coming soon!
Have a great weekend and thanks again to the Coffee Date hosts! [Tweet “bad blogger behavior, fun spring things and loving weekends on this month’s coffee date!”]
What would you tell me if we were having tea?
Thanks again to the hosts! Happy Saturday!
I do not understand how someone could steal content from another and feel good about it. Sickening.
As a pro photographer I see that happen all the time with photographers too. Stealing someone’s photos and claiming them as their own. Disgusting.
Amy @ Mama Running for God recently posted…The Ultimate Coffee Date {March Edition} #1
Oh yeah I hear about that too! I’m with you – I just don’t get it!
ugh!! I am with you on the bad blogger behavior! Karma is a *#@!%$^! I can’t believe you don’t drink coffee!! I am SO excited for all things spring. We need to talk more about your consulting work – I wanna pick your brain 🙂
Mar @ Mar on the Run recently posted…Friday Five: Favorites
Well you know how I love to talk 🙂 anytime!
That was some kind of drama in the group!! Glad it is resolved. You don’t talk about your job too much but it does sound really interesting and I’d love to hear more about it. Did you say Spring? Where? Thanks for linking up with us for the coffee/tea day always great to have you!
Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner recently posted…The Ultimate Coffee Date-March Edition
Haha I know right. At least the snow is starting to melt!
Oh man blogger drama is awful. It still always surprises me. We have such great communities; why risk that??
And your job sounds great!! I love hearing about diversity work. So important is every industry! I’d probably ask a ton of questions about what you do. 🙂
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I agree! I hate the drama 🙂
Your job sounds really interesting! It’s great that it’s something you love so much. 🙂 and thanks for your hard work hosting the Friday Five, I’m sure it must get annoying when people don’t exactly cooperate with the rules.
Nora @ 2 Generations Running recently posted…Friday Five {Favorites from the Week}
Yeah, we’re pretty flexible and especially with newer folks but when we have folks who link up every week and never follow our guidelines it gets frustrating. Have a great weekend!
I look very forward to weekends and this weekend is gonna be fun. PARTIES!!!!! 🙂
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hope your parties were amazing!!
I admit, I was pretty upset about the whole thing. I’ve done a bunch this morning to disassociate myself from said blogger as much as possible.
Glad to hear the job thing is working out so well for you!
MCM Mama Runs recently posted…March 2015 Ultimate Coffee Date!
I was too! And we had problems with her in our linkup as well. Boo. Happy Saturday!
The running community is such a great group of people so boo to those who try and taint it 🙁
I get to dress up for an 80s party tonight!!
Have a great weekend!!
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Oooh love 80s parties! Have fun!!
Boo for bad blogger behavior! I always try to mind my manners 🙂
I love the weekends too. Things have been really busy around here lately and I enjoy slowing down a bit.
Karen @karenlovestorun
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I hope you are taking advantage of a bit of a slowdown before baby comes 🙂 It’s well deserved!
Yuck – ugly blogger behavior is terrible. Hate to see that. Happy coffee date.
Carrie@familyfitnessfood.com recently posted…Ultimate Coffee Date – March 2015
agreed! glad it was sorted out. hope you had a nice weekend!
Would love to pick your brain about your work some day – we have such bad women/minority retention issues …. Here’s to spring! Thanks for joining the link up!
Coco (@Got2Run4Me) recently posted…The March 2015 Ultimate Coffee Date Link Up
Yes! I’d love to talk more with you about what we do!
How does someone even plagiarize a blog? What do they do, copy and paste? That is so weird and creepy. I love love Spring, yay the time change is here and I am already a morning person, even more so now. Happy dance:)
Courtney, your job sounds really hard, you are a very smart women no doubt.
Thank you for coffee {tea} this beautiful day 🙂
Lynda@fitnessmomwinecountry recently posted…Ultimate Coffee Date March
I think copy and then paste? So lame. Thanks so much for the compliment and for hosting a fun linkup! 🙂
OMG wow I can’t believe they would plagiarize another blogger! I don’t even like to blog if I don’t have anything new to report? The blogging community has been super nice to me since I joined last year. We’ll if we had tea I would talk about how stressed I am with moving! I know it is for the best to head back home but dealing with putting my house on the market to saying goodbye to a job I absolutely love is hard.u am going to miss so many people.
Daisy @ Fit Wanderlust Runner recently posted…Friday Five: Favorite Running Accessories
i know – it was pretty awful. i know you are kinda sad about your move but the best thing is you’ll still have all those friendships – you’ll just make some new friends, too! (spoken from an air force brat who moved every 2-4 years as a kid).
Ugh that is horrible to hear 🙁 Glad that work is going well!
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thanks friend!
i am also so excited for spring! good things are just around the corner.
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I had no clue what your job was, but it sounds AMAZING!!!
Abby @ BackAtSquareZero recently posted…Dropping The Gym
thanks abby! i really do love it 🙂
I’m with you on the bad blogging behavior. So much for integrity, so disappointing. I love that you love your job, I wish I felt the same way. I would love to have a job where I LOVED going to work!!
i hope that sometime in your near future you WILL feel that way 🙂
Wow, plagiarism? Really? That’s terrible. I’m sorry to hear that. I don’t like Daylight a Savings Time either, neither in the spring or fall. It just confuses my internal clock so badly and takes me a couple weeks to adjust.
Your work sounds very interesting.
Yes, that bad blogger issue was very upsetting at the end of last week but I honestly don’t know if the bad blogger in question GETS it yet. We shall see.
Have a great week!
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sadly, i think you are right in regards to not really GETTING it… 🙁 you have a great week as well!
We never even talk about your job when we chat and I was thinking recently I need a better understanding of what you do! Thanks for the easy summary. 😉
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I’m sorry to hear about all the drama! I try to play nice so I hope I’m not adding to the problems. Eeeekkk!
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You definitely are a joy to have link up 🙂
Very cool to learn more about what you do for a living! Glad you’re loving what you do! And blogging plagiarism is so scary! I wish everyone would follow the proper etiquette…
Janelle @ Run With No Regrets recently posted…Ultimate Coffee Date – March 2015
Yeah me too Janelle!! It was such an odd situation!