My apologies for the last few posts. My daily entries suffered over the last three nights as I attended the Singles Conference. I was sitting down between 1 and 2 AM on my body clock to write and it just wasn't happening. Well, that was Friday and Saturday night. Last night was between midnight and 1 AM on my body clock but my body was no longer functioning. I sent out an email to our employees regarding some schedule modification and just a few sentences there took me at least 30 minutes to get through because I kept falling asleep. Not so good.
So the conference was a lot of fun. It was pretty entertaining and there were some excellent messages shared. Certainly there were teaching moments and laughing moments and dancing moments and eating moments. It was a good time. I met a few gals that were quite nice and I was happy to get to know them a little bit. One gal ended up being from Florida and her parents happen to live in the Lakeland Ward now. They moved in about 5 years ago, pretty much when I moved away. Her dad is the Bishop of that ward now. Pretty crazy how small the world is. She was really nice and I am glad to have met her. I also met her room mate who was also a very nice gal and I was glad to have met her also. I ran in to several lady friends that I have made over the last few years. Wonderful people. I know, I know, why am I still single? Well, it isn't that easy to date all of these wonderful people who live in Las Vegas. That is a long drive for a date. Believe me, I've done it a few times. Rough!
Anyways, I was completely wiped out last night and finally just kind of gave up on writing anything meaningful or even descriptive. I reached that point when I woke up and found I had dropped my phone and it was underneath me. I lit up the screen to survey my progress on the entry and found that there wasn't all that much on there. I thought there were a few more lines but I must have just dreamed those. I was useless and that makes it really hard to write anything of meaning and coherence. I don't give up so easily but the tank was empty. I had nothing left. That gets frustrating. Regardless, it is a part of my life, a record of my day and all I can say is it represents one spent dude.
Might I express my gratitude for Jim and Clorinda who make my attendance at these conferences possible. It is a treat for me to go and mingle with the singles and to attend these workshops and firesides and it is also a great treat for my children to have the opportunity to be with their cousins and their aunt and uncle. They always have a wonderful time and I am so appreciative of the attention and the love they receive during these visits. Much thanks Jim, Clo and fam!
At the same time I must needs express my thanks to Dave for holding down the fort here at the restaurant and for mom, Laura and Amy for coming in and making sure things were taken care of on Valentine's. It is not easy for me to leave the store but they give me that support and I appreciate it. Dave did look at my finger for a ring when I came in to work today. He has enjoyed harassing me a bit about the entire thing.
So it has been a few rough nights but they were good nights and good days filled with experiences that I don't often get. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to go, to step out of my everyday life for a couple of days and enjoy associating with the singles.
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