We had been told that the water would be turned on between 5:00 and 5:30, so I got up at 5:15, only to discover (not surprisingly) that it hadn't yet been turned on. I took the dogs for a walk, went to the barn to look after Apollo, and still, no water. Had breakfast with Hubby, still no water. Finally got Hubby in the truck and drove him over to the Exhibit Hall so he could finish setting up and looking after the booth while I went back and waited for water. Finally, about 8:00, the water, at last, came on. I had left the hose out in anticipation of an early morning fill-up, and of course, there was apparently some water left over from its last use, which froze up, so now I had to get out the kettle and boil some water to thaw out the hose, which took another 15 minutes. At last, I managed to get water through the hose and had the camper filled up by 8:40. I was FINALLY able to get my much needed shower, got dressed and headed back to the Exhibit Hall, only to discover that every road that led there was either closed off or so packed with cars I couldn't get around at all. I finally realized the closest place I could park and walk to the Exhibit Hall was actually back at VIP camping, so I headed back there, parked, and proceed to walk there. It was still close to freezing, but it was starting to warm up, at least, though there were still piles of snow from the plows cleaning up the days before. My first presentation started before I knew it, and the day flew by after that. I discovered from the schedule that TWICE over the weekend my presentations were scheduled at the same time and in the next room to Clinton Anderson! For those uninitiated, Clinton Anderson is literally a rock star in the horse training world. I didn't expect ANYONE in my sessions while he was on, but I turned out to be wrong, I had practically a full house, even with him next door! Very surprised at that! I had almost a full house at my second session as well, very pleased with that, and we had brisk book sales all day, too. Lots of people came by the booth, and the day flew by. Hubby had an afternoon dialysis session, but it was at the same time as one of my presentations, so he had to take an Uber there, which he did successfully, on his own, for the first time ever! His session wasn't done until after 8:00, so I was able to close up shop at 7:00 and get to him to pick him up in plenty of time. We grabbed dinner and headed back to the venue in time for the rodeo to be getting out, but we managed to get back to our camper without any trouble. Ready for bed tonight, that's for sure!
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