Dad

Well, miracle of miracles. Dad is finally on the blog. I went back and read all the blogs back to and including Christmas with all the fun pictures of your supercalifragilisticexpealidocious projects for Christmas. I know it is a drag to some, but I am proud of each one of you and what you came up with. It was fun to read the updates on the families and see the cute pictures. Mom told you about our trip to SLC and East Canyon Resort. I used it as a business trip. On Saturday I went to the Sportman's Expo at the Southtowne Center. They had a big sign there saying no soliciting, so I went in and collected business cards. Most of them had an email address on them, so I will email the companies to tell them about the information backup business I am doing. I also had 3 appointments on Tuesday. Amy Grant (who hired me) and Phil Watts, the president of the company who came over from England to help us, went with me. We didn't have immediate success, but feel 2 of the 3 will probably do business with us.
When they had the parade of homes here in St. George, I took Mom to it and at each home talked to some of the exhibitors and got business cards from others. I hope it all pans out.
I think most of you knew I flew back to Norfolk, VA the last of January for the International Sales Convention of our business, Data Vault Security. It was a lot of flying for one day of meetings, but I got a lot out of it. Thanks to Trent for the air travel. The guy that presented was Andy Hansen from the UK. He fined people for sleeping or for sitting with your arms folded. We had a few funny experiences with that. I did have a problem coming home. I got to the airport at 5:30 am and realized I didn't have the reservation number to print my ticket. I called Mom at (by that time 4 am here) and walked her through the computer to get the number. Both of us were very frustrated by the time we got it.
I haven't been doing my 403b business for about 5 years or so. I got a call from a gal who wanted to sign up. We have to have Errors and Omission Insurance and it $700. I went aheaad and got it hoping I would sign a few more up. I printed a flyer and got it to all the elementary schools and Tuacahn. I got one call from Tuacahn, so I didn't pay for my E&O. I did get a call about a transfer, but that is still up in the air.
Well, that's all the good news. Now for the bad. I have had some pain in my back about where my kidneys are, so I scheduled an appointment with Dr. Stucki. I went in for a CT Scan ($1300) before the appointment. He told me one kidney is clear full of stones and the other has one in it. He scheduled me lithotripsy for April 2. (I told Kierra that she and I could hold hands and cry together) I have had litho twice before and each of the days after were the worst days of my life. So, keep me in your prayers. The doctor did say that they could put a stint in to drain part of the stones away and hopefully not have all the problems. We'll see. Oh, and he said one treatment would not take care of it. I will have to have 2 or 3.
Well, after that long epistle, you may be wishing that Dad hadn't discoved the family blog after all.
I love you all and enjoy being a part of your lives.
Dad