So we had a pretty great day today. I would give it an 8 out of 10. Dan got here 50 minutes late, but we allowed ourselves an extra hour to get there so we still made it to k.c. by noon for our tax appointment.
He was on the phone 50% of the drive and checking email at the same time, I was disappointed b/c I wanted more interaction but instead of complaining I validated, told him I could see how much work he had to do for his job and how draining it must be, etc etc. For example we stopped for an 8 minute restroom break and he had 4 missed calls and 15 emails once we got back in the car.
Found out we get a big enough refund from our taxes that my half will pay for our Disney trip!
The ride back was even nicer than the ride up. Much more banter, lots of laughing and sarcasm. Only teared up once, when we drove by our old house. Dan saw me tearing up and squeezed my shoulder and ruffled my hair, said "I miss it too. I miss all of our houses even the crappy Creston one..."
Anyway he got fewer calls on the way back as it stretched into the end of the business day. We also stopped to visit a cattleman we'd never met. Our best cow, Connie, had several embyros 'flushed' last year and this man bought a few. We went to see the three calves that he had that came from our stock. It was fun to go together and see the calves. Even better, the man said he would happily buy 30 or more embyros from Dan next year!
So we spent a little time talking about the cattle business, we drove on back roads through Missouri cattle country, lots of rolling hills. I told Dan how much I loved the terrain and he said it would be cheaper to buy land in NW Missouri than in Iowa. I said go ahead and buy some, I would be happy to build a house there!
We also stopped to eat on the way back and went to a place where we could sit down instead of hitting a drive-through, which was nice.
All in all lots of fun talking and teasing and absolutely no relationship talk.
