catch up time!

What a week. I left Sunday night for my business trip to Ft. Worth TX. I had really rested up that weekend b/c I had started to not feel so hot & didn't want to get sick while away from home. That lasted for a whole day before I felt awful. It could be much worse so I won't complain too bad, but I've got a full blown sinus infection. I wanted to blog when I got done with work this week, but all I did was hit the bed pretty much immediately. I ate at Macaroni grill all but two nights because my hotel practically shared a parking lot with them...it was just too convenient. Did you know they have soup!?

John left a few hours before I arrived home on Friday for a hunting trip in South Dakota. He's been looking forward to this for months! I over did it a little at the Mall of America with my friend, Andi on Saturday so it took all day Sunday to recoup. I always go too hard when I'm starting to feel better, but we had been planning this shopping trip for awhile. Too bad the MOA is so big it's like a complete work out from one store to the next.

So, with that recap out of the way I thought I would share a few stories from the road. There are at least 1 or 2 stories from the doctors offices that are worth sharing. I'll make it short & sweet. The first would be when a doctor decided instead of taking the time to meet with me he was going to rip his nurses a new one! These two nurses didn't just sit there & take it...the fought back...hard. I wanted to dissolve into the wall. It was one of the most uncomfortable situations I've ever been in. The second was when a particular doctor seemed to be more interested in my personal life then our products. He grabbed my hand to see if there was a ring on it & asked if I was married to a man or a woman! wow! Then he touched my stomach and asked if I had any plans to have kids soon! He told me not to wait too long! Geese!!

I also thought I would touch briefly on a subject I can see coming up more in the future. Airport travel. It's such an experience every single time. Can you really think of a better place to just sit and watch people!? I mean, the mall is good, but the airport....it's phenomenal! You can always count on specific characters to make themselves known...no matter where you're headed or what airport you're in. There is always that guy...at least one....that the rules DO NOT apply to him. He shows up right as everyone is making the line to broad the plane and goes right to the front. Lines...they don't matter. If he did arrive early he checks with the gate lady to see if he can get a free upgrade to first class. He's the same guy who decides his business call can't wait until he's off the plane. He's checking his watch & calling the office bossing someone around. "Bob, yeah, can you hear me.....about that proposal...." Maybe Bob can't hear you BUT WE ALL CAN. The doors have been closed and the stewardess has asked him to end his call once already, but again rules don't apply to him so he continues. Inevitably he'll be the one that rushes the aisle to get his bag down first & off the plane first. Mothers with babies, grandmas, the kid traveling alone...not even these people should cross his path because clearly rules don't apply to him.

There is also the middle aged woman that has never been on a plane before who has to report to Gina every move she makes. "Can you believe those leather seats!?" She too has no respect for other people's space or EARS. All of us around her will soon find out what she had for breakfast and lunch, who else in the family she's talked to, how airport security made her throw out her liquid hairspray & take off her shoes...the audacity! She'll leave out the fact that there are only 1,000 signs about it on the way to security and sometimes a lady who specifically yells out the instructions about the 3-1-1 guide as we all come through the lines like slow moving cattle.

I am however always amazed at the hero mom on the plane. Some how this lady has managed to keep her baby from crying while changing it's diaper in the plane bathrooms that are the size of a phone booth & serve lunch on a tasty platter! The things that comes out of this ladies bag is amazing! I can barely keep myself together sometimes, but this gal makes motherhood look as easy as brushing your teeth! Kudos to her!!

With that said I'll leave you with one on my favorite scenes ever. It's from Meet the Parents :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgkvIbsJrD0&feature=related