Ah! New Years Eve. A day I look forward to every year. The closing of one year - its trials and tribulations, its successes and glories - give way to a new year - filled with hope, resolutions, and dreams. Also, I cannot help but admit that I love new years eve parties - regardless of whether or not I ever remember them.
So today we were making calls - some calls for event turnouts and others for voter ID's. Kristen and Scott told us to stop calling around 6pm so that way we wouldn't anger people that are getting ready for their NYE bash. The biggest surprise of the day was that Senator Thompson and his entire entourage came in today around 3:45 to say hi to everyone. Once Fred came into the office I was the first one he came up to greet, probably because in his own words, "I'm the man". Fred went through the office and was out in about 18 minutes. I did get to say hi to Bob, Rich Galen, and Jim Rydell. I even got to meet Darrell who does all the video shoots for Fred's blogs.
Once the clock hit 6, I had to go check into another hotel (because my first hotel only had rooms until the 30th). Once I checked in and settled down, I headed back to the office to meet up with people to go out. I joined Avery and Burger to go to dinner. We went to downtown Des Moines (and yes, it was impressive to see more than 50 people out in this town). We met up with a bunch of Fred co-workers at Legends and had dinner there.
Then around 11:30 we met up with our very own Scooter Clippard and Mayor Blake Lay at the Embassy Suites. They had a balloon drop and free champagne - which is always a nice touch. I have good stories of this night which I can tell you all when I get back.
Overall, it was a very fun and exciting night - in fact, much more exciting than I would have expected a night out in Des Moines to be.
I wish you all a very happy New Year - may it be all that you hoped for.
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