Life on the Road

Well, the last few days have been pretty hectic.  This is our company’s annual convention, and we’ve had our share of challenges trying to work out how to make the most of it.

We only bought one ticket, figuring Wolf and I could switch off who went in and who stayed with Jewel.

Well, the RV park where we are staying is about 45 minutes from the hotel where the conference is.  There aren’t really any RV parks in Downtown Dallas, go figure.  So it’s not exactly convenient to drive back and forth, and it’s no fun to have the kids trying to amuse themselves in a hotel lobby for hours on end.

Thursday was a half day of workshops.  We all went in, and I checked in and got my badge.  Then Wolf went to a couple of workshops while the kids and I checked out the vendor booths and played on the computer.

Yesterday (Friday) was a full day in the big ballroom, including lunch being served.  That didn’t sound really conducive to swapping back and forth.  So, since Wolf is the one who does most of the front-end of our business (talking to people), and I’m the one who can nurse the baby, he went to the convention and the kids and I stayed at the RV.

We went to pick him up at 5:30, and grabbed some dinner at Burger King (have you heard about the Visa/BK Free Meal?).  Then back to the hotel, quick change of clothes (I had everyone wearing different shirts, since otherwise there would have been a ketchup crisis, I’m sure!)…  And we got our picture taken with Dennis and Daniel Bloom, the founders of the company!

(This is a stock photo, obviously.  We don’t get ours until mid-July)

Today we sent Papa off alone for the longest day of convention.  He’s there from 9-12, we packed him a lunch, then 1:30-5:30, then he has a break.  The big awards dinner is 7:30-10 pm tonight.

He got a TON of great ideas and inspiration from yesterday, so today should be another great day for our family’s fortunes.    

Don’t know yet what we’re going to do.  We’re camped at the Trader’s Village RV Park, and Trader’s Village is a huge weekly indoor swap-meet.  Maybe we’ll go browse…