Day 1 - Off to see Connor, oh wait…

So, we finally got this party started! Hard to believe we’ve been booked for this trip since like August! Of course, back then, we decided we’d fly to Tokyo from San Diego so we could spend a few days with Connor at Camp Pendleton (well, he would be at Pendleton, we’d be somewhere with less people yelling, and more people smiling!), but even the best laid plans go awry. I mean, Connor did have 5 months to figure out how he didn’t want to see us in California this weekend, he thought seeing us in Atlanta would be better. SMH!

Well we got to see him, just long enough to cook him dinner and then have him drive us to the airport. He makes a pretty good chauffeur. You can tell by the smile on his face how happy he was to get up at 7:30 am to spend some quality time with his parents!

So far, the trip has gone off without any hiccups, other than Denise fighting a head cold and constantly trying to find a place to sleep or having her thermostat ramp up to the point where she wishes Elsa would provide her with her own personal blizzard!

The highlight though was getting to meet up with Dave Warren, someone I worked with for almost 20 years. He retired in October, and while it took a little extra time, I was finally able to deliver him his 25 years CPC jacket - that’s 25 years of making his sales target!! Dave was a great asset to NCR over his career and an even better customer advocate and friend. It was an honor to know him and to work with him. Hard to tell in those pictures, but he was moved to tears, saying his only regret was not getting that jacket before he left - well Dave, no more regrets!

Now for some rest - a full day at Disney Land tomorrow, someone is so excited they are already asleep, now I need to go catch up with them!Read more