I'm back from Chicago. The trip was uneventful and went pretty well. The traffic at the tradeshow seemed better than last year but I still don't think that attending the show is worth the money we spend doing so. The brazillian steak house that we ate at on Tuesday night was great. They served 13 different meets to you; all of which were very good. You are served food from a large skewer in which the server sliced off small portions of meat. You also had a small disk in front of you on the table that was red on one side and green on the other. You merely flipped the disk to green when you wanted more to eat and the servers were on you like white on rice. Along with the meat, you were also served a great salad bar and a few sides family style. The sides included fried bannanas which I did not care for at all.

I got home Thursday evening and spent Friday running errands and taking Dauber to the vet. Dauber's ear blew up like a ballon while I was gone. Come to find out that Dauber not only had an ear infection but also had a hemotoma in one of his ears that needs to be drained. I'm taking Dauber in on Monday morning so the vet can charge me a boat load of cash to drain his ear and stitch him up.

Saturday I had a bachelor party to attend (I'm getting too old to party like a rock star). Lisa took Shawn to a place that had a quarter scale train, model train display and pumpkin patch. Shawn seemed to have a blast talking to the people that operate the trains. I can't figure out where Shawn gets his strong interest in trains. Today I cut the grass, fixed one of the landscaping lights that had a weather seal fail and started to cut down some of the plants in the yard.

I have a busy week coming up. Lisa and I have the ultrasound tomorrow afternoon and Dauber's surgery is tomorrow as well. I will spend most of my work week trying to catch up from being out of the office all last week. My first seasonal employee starts this week and I have a couple of large mailings that need to happen pretty quickly.

Have a good week.