At I suspected, my second day in Bakersfield was kind of a whirlwind of a day.

Lots of introductions when we got to the office, and then we had an early conference call with “Amcot” that I sat in on.

After that I spent a good bit of time with IT getting email, credit cards, and cell phone set up.

Of course, a lot of small talk in there too…

The CEO and I ate lunch at Champs Smokehouse BBQ, where I tried “tri tips” for the first time.

It’s a California thing, apparently?

After that was a Sales/Logistics call and a short hedging discussion in the afternoon.

We ate dinner at K C Steakhouse.

Tomorrow officially starts my training.

I love you.

-Dad

I made it through my first day in Bakersfield.

I’m gonna be gone for 2 weeks!

Kind of can’t believe it…

First I had a 10 AM flight from Lubbock to Phoenix and then a 3:30 PM flight from Lubbock to Bakersfield.

Arizona and California are two hours behind Texas though.

So it was a five and a half hour layover for me.

(Crazy I lived in PHX for three years as a child.)

The CEO, who lives in Phoenix, flew with me the last leg and will be in town till Wednesday.

He is staying at the same hotel too so we went out to dinner tonight at Frugatti’s (Italian).

Showers for me, and I’m tired now.

Its 9:40 here but the means it’s nearly midnight where you are.

Big day tomorrow.

I love you.

-Dad

Alright, welp.

We are back in LBK and right in the middle of the vacation blues.

I wanted to blog every moment of our 10-day vacation – but there was honestly no time at all for it.

We ran ourselves into the ground!

We left home and spent a day in Kerrville, four nights on South Padre Island, and then spent four nights at the Hyatt Hill Country resort in San Antonio.

A typical day in South Padre looked like this:

• Woke late
• Found something to do in town (for example, Sea Turtle, Inc. we toured one day)
• Lunch
• Swimming in the hotel pool
• Dinner in the hotel room
• Swimming in the hotel pool
• Swimming in the ocean, and playing on the beach until sunset
• Swimming in the hotel pool again
• Showers
• Bed

A typical day at the Hyatt Hill Country Resort looked like this:

• Woke late
• Hung out with cousins till noon
• Ate lunch by the pool
• Swam till 3
• Dinner
• Smores at 8 PM
• Swam again till 9 PM
• Watched the move on the lawn till 10:30
• Showers
• Sleep

We are all tired and cranky.

I haven’t told you yet, but I am keeping you girls home for the next 3 days before I start my new job.

Woop!