So I’m a little sad today because my brother, Austin, flew back home to California after a two week vacation with me. It went by too fast. We had a lot of fun. We went to the race in Norwalk. We went to Rick Fischer’s annual fire works show in Brighton, Mich., which was awesome. We went to a Tigers game in Detroit. We went to places Austin can’t go to in Fortuna, Calif., where he lives, like Buffalo Wild Wings, Cold Stone Creamery, and Panera Bread.

Austin is almost 16 and has his driving permit so he did some of the driving whenever we went places. He’s a good driver. He doesn’t get us lost like I do. It does seem weird to have my little brother driving though. One day we were bored so we drove to Ohio to get some good fireworks. We lit a few every night around midnight for the enjoyment of my neighbors. Other than that, we just got to relax and enjoy the summer days of Michigan, which was really nice. His visits are my favorite part of summer.

Now it’s time to get back to focusing on my quest to get back driving. Lately, I’ve been working with someone who knows a lot about marketing. His name is David Lett, and he’s helping me out a lot. We sat down about two months ago and formulated some goals and sub-goals to accomplish with a particular time frame. Then we wrote out specific action steps about how we’re going to achieve these goals. It’s easy to stray from our goals but we meet regularly and try to stay on track.

As I’ve mentioned in previous blogs, I’m focusing on reaching out to companies and building relationships. I’m also learning how to build my brand. David has a well versed background in this subject matter. We are coming up with some new and innovative ideas. Today, for example we sent a video proposal to a potential sponsor in Brazil. We have a lot of exciting things that we’re doing. We have revamped my website. Go ahead and take a look www.HillaryWillRace.com