Tammi's World

The Weary Traveler Returns

Whew. I cannot tell you how good it is to be home. I just literaly walked in the door, left my luggage in the car, hooked up the laptop and am now blogging.

I told Teresa I was even happy to see flippin' Disney World.

It's strange. It almost seems like I was in another world. I don't know if you've ever heard of Waycross, GA - but it's the middle of no where. Very limited cell service. In fact, I could get a signal, sometimes, in my hotel room and, at the plant. But there's it's a bit tricky. You have to walk outside of the building. If you stand in the 3rd handicap slot and face north you get 2 bars. Seriously. Yeah - I love my friends and family, but I have to admit, that didn't really work for me.

So - no cell, no personal e-mail (tracking devices in place), no real blogging. And I missed you all so much. I can't wait to visit you and find out what the hells been goin' on!!

But first, back to me. :-)

The week overall was pretty good. Well, sorta. Started out learning about our new product line. Holy Cow!! It is truly the coolest thing I have ever seen. Ever. I cannot wait to get out in the field and start telling people about it. I will save you all for now, as I do not want this blog to become an advertisement. But trust me - it is very, very mind boggeling.

But - I had 68 total products to learn. They've all changed. They've all improved. We had 1 day to learn it all. Our retailers started showing up on Wednesday and we had to not only explain and sell our new (very cool) product but explain in detail the construction of our other mattresses. If any one asks me another question about coils or foam in the next couple of days my head is going to explode.

Monday night we went to LuLu's for dinner and celebrated the boss's 50th birthday. I was so tired I barely remember that I ordered a really bad meal. Tuesday - training and studying. Tuesday night we went to the best resturant in town. Applebees. Yea. You getting the picture?

Wednesday we all cut loose to celebrate the fact that we survived the first day of market. It was tough. So we drank. At LuLu's. They had entertainment. His name was Bubba. He sang Rock-A-Billy songs with taped back up. He actually wasn't bad. Oh - and he blew fire. Yeah, he'd take a shot of Absolute and then blow out over a lighter. I swear to God he singed my eyebrows. And then there was the wonderful interlude when he was singing "Shameless" and walked in to the bathroom with his cordless mic. and took a piss. Yea - we were styling now.

Thursday everyone was playing poker. As I don't play, I went to the room for some quality Tammi time. I lasted about 20 mins before I was fast asleep. As much as I hate being by myself all the time, I really needed some time for just me.

Today I was hoping to leave by 1:00. That didn't really work out too well. I didn't get to talk to my boss until 3:00. Won't go into the details, except to say I have a job, I'll get a pay check, I'll just be going back to traveling all over this damn state again until after the new year. Shit. BUT....it's a job. Easier to find one when you have one.

So....after a long long long drive home (5 hours) and some interesting events (DO NOT stop at a T/A truckstop after dark if you are a woman traveling alone - not such a good idea) I'm back. I'm blogging.

Thank you all for your comments, prayers and good wishes. Damn, I missed ya'll. I'm going to check out comments, go visiting and then hit the hay. I've got a 9:00am training class and right now I'm having trouble remembering my own damn name!!!

But I'm Home!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Tammi at October 29, 2004 08:53 PM