Quick Trip to Dallas

So this past week I took off to Dallas for three days; business not pleasure. Being a born and bred dairy farmer, my company sent me to the International Dairy Expo because I can talk the talk and walk the walk.

So my journey started Sunday. I was hoping to get a little action in the morning, but my brother came by to pick up his computer and then my in-laws came over to take me and Mr. D out to breakfast. So I finished packing and out the door we went. I had some delicious French toast from East Side Café, in Fairport, where the service always is atrocious but the food is awesome. I stuffed my face in 15 minutes then ran out to my godson Brodie’s first birthday party. He’s adorable and I love him and his two moms. With the smashing of a football cake and tons of gifts it was a wonderful party, except for the Bill’s losing to the Fish! Ugh! Oh well.

Then it was off to the airport. My nook decided to reboot so I had to buy some magazines and my Rochester flight was 45 minutes late, which meant my connection in Atlanta had no layover and I barely made the flight. After arriving in Dallas at 10, there was an hour cab ride and a check into the Hyatt, nice hotel but nasty hookers at night, and I passed out at 11:30, where it felt like 12:30 am and all I wanted to do was sleep.

Well I was up at 6 and out the door by 7 to go register and barely catch the shuttle back to the hotel by 745. My local rep took me to tour Mary Kay, pretty sweet plant. It smells like lipstick lotion and perfume, as I thought it would, and their lobby is adorned with pink things. After the lovely tour we were off to the Expo. It was small, my booth with the company was big, but it was boring. So a long day of smiling, meeting people, and standing on my feet, I was beat. But I have to say that the next part was the best. The most amazing Mexican food I have ever had in my entire life. It was Café Marias and it was FABULOUS! I had this flautas plate and it was so freaking good. Well after dinner my rep took me on a tour of SMU and the rich part of the city. When I say rich I mean 1 million dollar home rich, something I will never have or be. I saw where JKF was shot and some new buildings, old buildings and oil companies. The end of that day I ended up in the hotels sports bar with a couple beers to help me sleep well in a strange place.

The next day was a lot better at the expo but my flights were much worse. Delayed an hour in Dallas, horrible landing, and off and running charlotte. One main point I forgot was that US Air does not have IN FLIGHT FREE MEALS! Dude this hypoglycemic chica needs to eat. Oh and they force checked my bag in Dallas. When we landed in Rochester I got to see the Canadians who weren’t supposed to be on the runway and I got to wait 30 minutes for my luggage to come out. Joyous.

But I made it home and I’m finally caught up at work. I wanted to write a short lil summary of my awesome Dallas trip. It was my first trade show and hopefully not my last.


<3 Mrs D