Well, another successful jaunt. I was gone for 32 hours with the mission to secure about $100K in orders but came back with $400K, BAM. Not to pat myself on the back but so when the kids read this many years from now, your dad was really good at his job, ha.
My meeting started at 9 and by 10:45 we wrapped up with a good plan for 2020. It took an hour and 45 minutes to get back to San Francisco but we were in no hurry as my flight was delayed an hour. Hans, my guy in California and I decided to stop for a quick lunch on the waterfront at Waterbar, one of our top accounts. We had a dozen oysters, Dungeness crab cocktail and a roasted lobster before he dropped me for my flight. On the way home I had a guy next to me hacking away with a bad cold or something. So for the next hour and 45 minutes I sat with my head turned to the right to avoid him. Hopefully I won’t get sick. We landed at 6:30 and by 9 I was home.
Today I’m off to Aspen after working out. I need to get some laundry and grocery shopping done too as with Lori’s schedule and the kids, there’s not a lot of time for her to do any housework.
That’s it for today, time to get going. Lot’s to do as it’s December 12th! When we were kids this was the start of St. Nick Night where we’d put a shoe outside our door for 12 nights waking each morning to see what tiny gift Santa brought us. If you were bad you could get a piece of coal but Mom would use a stick or a rock if she wanted to send a message as there wasn’t any coal. I think once or twice she did use a bbq briquet. Luckily we usually received a small piece of candy or a dollar or an orange. Mom was great at always thinking of us in her own small way. She never missed an opportunity to try to make us happy, especially during the holidays but year round as well. Not sure if we’re still doing that here with the boys almost 16 and 18. Hard to believe they’re that old! Life goes fast, God Bless.