It is Friday and I am home, that’s different than it was when I was in CR for those months, at the hotel. I would get home on Friday then too, but it would be Friday night, now it is Thursday night travel time and so I am home all day on Friday.  It’s wonderful.  Otherwise there are so many similarities it is almost frightening.  Let’s see, Monday morning you leave the house early so that you can be at work in Des Moines by 10 am.  Then, the nights are spent in a hotel room.  The morning is off to the office and then back to the hotel.  It is not so bad when Greg is with me, but I must admit that doing it alone is boring.

Now, Wed nights are ok, there is an auction.   That breaks up the week pretty well (and has the potential to make us some money) and it’s a chance to visit with people that are not related to the business. Now, this is a totally different crowd than I am used to having at the auctions I go to on the weekends, they are truly Southsiders.  Nothing wrong with that, most seem to be really nice, it’s just that they are definitely Southsiders.  If you aren’t familiar with Des Moines this wouldn’t make any sense to you, but if you are, enough said.

Another difference to the "old days" is that when I get home I am not as exhausted as I was from CR.  Now, it could be because I actually get some sleep, no night audit calling at 2 am to just visit after I went to bed at midnight or later and get up at 6!  Another plus is that we don’t have the overhead that we had in CR.  Although there is overhead, it is no where near what it was there.  Thank goodness!!  It means that I can actually get things done on Friday rather than sleeping all day Saturday and then trying to get everything done on Sunday before leaving again.  It’s a great deal better now.

We are staying at the Baymont in West Des Moines.  It is a wonderful property, clean, great beds and nice GM.  We didn’t even know it was there before we got the deal set up, sure am glad that we are there, it’s nice.

It is always best when Greg is with me, but with him taking care of the kids I am on my own.  It works but I will sure be glad to see him when he gets home.