But she knows her luck could turn quickly, and is ready to shift into something safer.
But many of New Orleans's 555 licensed tour guides say they, too, are ready to shift visitors' focus away from Hurricane Katrina.
"Obviously, when we wake up Wednesday morning we've got to be ready to shift ground quickly if necessary," said one senior adviser to the campaign.
In West Bengal, where state elections are expected in 2016, the BJP will have to calculate whether a large number of Muslim voters, or those long loyal to the Communist party, might be ready to shift allegiances.
(The owner-sellers, the Doolittles, who're currently in Boca Grande, put their fingers into the millennial economic breezes earlier this fall and detected a cooling slowdown, and for that reason are ready to shift into municipal bonds and, conceivably, gold).
Other commentators have already flagged up a potential skills gap – will the construction industry be ready to shift from fitting kitchens, bathrooms and new double glazing to cutting-edge green insulation and improvements to the fabric of older buildings?
I'd rather come in and sort of struggle to find a bit of a groove but know that, once I do, I'm ready to shift the gear".
Although Chrysler has spent two decades persuading Americans of front drive's benefits, its executives say they think the public is ready to shift back, given the popularity of rear-drive trucks.
Be ready to shift to second gear quickly because redline will arrive about a second after launch (at 46mph).
