Who was I kidding when I accepted three brand trips in one week. OMG I want to shoot myself for all of this traveling, I’m so exhausted and missing my kids so much it hurts. I did one of these before where I did three at one time, but the beautiful thing that time was that the middle trip was a family trip. They all got to come so it was like a mini vacation. This was like torture of the third kind. It started out great, I had a blast in LA, watching Real Steel, which you MUST WATCH. Had a blast meeting Hugh Jackman, Sugar Ray Leonard, and the director. Miss Piggy and Kermit were utterly delightful and charming. The Muppets looks like it’s also going to be a MUST SEE.
Anytime I talked to my husband he said they’re doing great and I’m so GLAD they were having a good time and happy, I just felt a little like, don’t they miss me as much as I miss them. Of course they do, but they’re probably upset that I’ve been gone so long. WOW, six days, I’m not sure that I would do this again.
The red eye to New York is where things started to get a little dicey. I forgot my glasses, so I had to wear my contacts to everything and they got really dry. I’m sure I looked awful at the Time To Play Holiday Showcase, I think that’s why all of the brands looked at me like there was something wrong with me. I was just tired and really already terribly missing my kids. I LOVE MY BABIES, they will always be my babies. Sorry for bird walking. I’m just DONE! For a while. The Time to Play Holiday Showcase was AMAZING. The top toys truly are winners. They picked toys for all different age groups, and my kids aren’t in the Monster High age group, and I find those toys a little disturbing, but I hear they are a HUGE hit. One of the moms on my first trip with Disney and DreamWorks said that her daughter LOVES Monster High. So that one is going to be a hit. I loved the La La loopsy doll. If Zoe needed a doll I would get her that one but she doesn’t. I’ll write more about Time To Play later this week, but for now, I have to say that only spending 10 hours in New York is PAINFUL.
My flight out of New York was delayed and my cell phone was dead. Cell Phones Companies! Can you please create a phone battery that can last through very heavy social media use? PLEASE??? I couldn’t call my family and I missed my kids. I think I went 3 days without even talking to them. IT WAS Torture! My choice I know, don’t pitty me, but I have to write this to, well to share with them some day. The next day I find out my daughter was upset with my husband for not waking her up when I called. THAT made me want to cry, happy and sad tears.
Next I was on my way to Milwaukee to visit with Johnsonville and I’m a tad….I’m still working on how I feel about that trip. They were amazing, a bed a day earlier than anyone else just so I didn’t have to fly across country and back AGAIN, and a spa treatment, and tons of outstanding food. I think, at this point I was delirious from all my travels. We’ll talk about Johnsonville in greater detail after I process everything. I’m going to share a few of the recipes we tried with you next week.
Even though, yes I have a trip coming up next week, and I’m sure I’ll feel back to normal in a few days, for now. The Travel Bug is dead! But I do have contributors ready to travel.
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