Off to Chicago

Well it is that time of year that I head off to my annual meetings with Riddell. I thought it would be a good time to try the mobile blogger. So here I go, all of the pictures are taken with my phone so they might not be that great. I hate leaving my family any time of the year but it is really hard this time of the year because I miss a football game (Micah's) and I am nervous the whole time calling Karrie trying to get updates and today we lost to Brighton so it makes it that much worse. Well today was pretty uneventful I spent 3 hours on a plane getting to Chicago and another hour getting luggage and waiting for the bus to take us to the resort. When I started with Riddell I made friends with 3 other guys that I was trained with Luke who is from Southern California and Kevin who is from Boston and Dan who is from Miami. The best part of this 4 day event is getting to hang out with them. The hotel is a really nice Hilton resort about 30 min. outside of Chicago. When I got on the Bus Luke was on the same bus so we got caught up. The last 2 years I roomed with a guy from Alabama. So when I was checking in today I thought I would be with the same guy but I was happy to find out that I was rooming with Luke. Luke is a good guy, a fairly new Dad his daughter is almost 2 and he is also a college football coach in California so we always have something to talk about. After we got to the Hotel they had lunch/dinner for us then we had to sit through 2 long, long hours of the opening meeting. Tomorrow will be a long day of classes they start at 8:30 and go til 4:30 with an hour for lunch and I thought church was long! Well this is a pretty boring blog, but so was my day. I really miss not being able to tuck my girls into bed at night and locking down the house. I love you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Hotel lobby from my window on the 5th floor.