Sigh… It’s finally over. What an exhausting week. Today, Friday, was the last day of the fair so it was kind of slow. Murat and I went around and visited other companies: sellers of both competing and complimentary products. It was kind of nice. We had cappuccino with the general manager of Dominick Hunter, got a cool battery-less flash light from Kaeser Compressors, and had lots of cookies at the other stands. It was nice. We also made a contact with a lot of very good potential that we are all very excited about.
I spent most of my day first trying to get the CMU TV feed to work so I could watch the buggy races at CMU. After the races had already started, I gave up and just listened to the radio webcast, which was still fun. Last night, and all the way up until today I felt a little bit of that buggy excitement that I used to get in the days leading up to race day. Reliving the memories in my head and imagining my friends all back at CMU getting ready for race day was almost as exciting as being there.
We got a harness strap from the driver wrapped around a wheel, so our time was terrible. We finished about 6 seconds slower than last year, but still made it to second day in seventh place. As far as I can tell, all the men’s teams were much slower this year, so we have a chance to make it as high as fourth, which would be awesome (our best finish in five years I believe). Despite the cost, I ended up having a few short conversations today with people back at CMU. It was the closest I could get to being there. I think next year I will try very hard to be there, and I will hopefully drag Izzy back with me.
Now we are packing up the stand, which is exponentially easier than building it. In just two hours, we have completely disassembled everything. Now we are just waiting to get our boxes back and pack up our compressors and stand materials. It will be nice to go back to being me for a while (I have been making a huge effort be more outgoing and friendly than normal). Tomorrow I will have the day off. Liz is in Hannover visiting her grand parents so we will spend the day together except for during the races. Then Sunday it’s back home, marking 12 days in Hannover. It will be nice to be home and wash clothes, have my desk, get back to weight lifting, get back to regular running… the list goes on. If Murat and I are going to spend the next couple months or so traveling, I am going to need to buy more clothes.
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