Roenblog:

This weekend, we went back to Kansas City and Manhattan, Kan., for a weekend of friends and football.

We were able to meet Jeff and Katie’s son, Parker. On Saturday we met A.J. and Sara’s guy, Joe. We also learned an important lesson about the protectiveness of a stupid weimaraner. Chris bent down to pick up Joe and was bit on the back of the leg by Jack, the dumbest dog alive.

We also watched K-State cream Baylor. The first half of the game was a little shaky, but the Cats regained their composure and came back for a definitive win. The only downside was a crazy old fan right behind me that screeched “Go DDDDDDDD…(this goes for a minimum of five minutes)” at the top of her lungs so often I left the game with a headache. Chris made me leave without rebuking her.

We made a quick visit to Aggieville after the game and soon realized that we are old and work far too many hours Monday through Friday to really hang with the college kids. We were asleep by 10 p.m., and it was still an awesome and exhausting weekend.

I spent this weekend in Fort Collins, Colo., helping with a scoping event at Colorado State University. My client hosted an event that offered a free scoping (read: stick tube down horses’ noses to check stomach for ulcers) followed by a panel discussion.

I barely made it out of Denver as a snow/ice storm rolled in. Oddly, Milwaukee was sunny and downright hot when I made it home.

I spent the week in Columbus, Ohio, to set up for the 2007 All-American Quarter Horse Congress. The show is one of the largest (and longest) trade shows we work with during the year. It lasts from Oct. 11-28, and is open every day. It takes a lot of manpower, and we hire students from “The” Ohio State University to help. Many Merial representatives also come in to help out. Myself and a couple of other Merial folks had the first shift to set up for the show.

On Tuesday, a Merial representative and I trained a few students from The Ohio State University on ZIMECTERIN GOLD (a dewormer) and ULCERGARD (a stomach ulcer preventative). The next day, I set up the booth. Thursday and Friday were the first two days of the trade show. I ate a lot of gummy worms in between answering questions about the products and making sure people knew about the exciting Merial-sponsored activities going on during Congress.

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Grandma Joy at the field.

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