I’m just delighted. My husband managed to get the approval for time off to join me on this trip, so we’re going. It’s pretty exciting, especially with his new job and all. We really weren’t sure he’d be able to get the time off.

It took me a bit longer than I hoped to find out if he’d be coming, because the first day on the job he forgot to ask. Second day they were touring a cruise ship. So today he asked and got approval.

Rather approving approval, it seems. His boss very much approves of his employees traveling, being in the travel business and all, and liked that it was for my business. Probably gives a good impression of being willing to really push for success or something, I don’t know.

My husband did keep trying to talk me into the more expensive hotel rooms, but I pointed out that tight as our budget is, we’re really pushing things taking this trip. But I figure it should pay off in the long run, with the networking and information I hope to get there.

We even have my mother set to watch the kids for the weekend.

I’m really delighted to get to share this trip with my husband, even if I don’t know how much time I’ll have to spend with him. He’s not sure if he wants into the exhibit halls or not. He may just go enjoy being in Vegas. I told him that so long as he tells me his preference by August 22 we’ll be fine.