Time sure does fly ... even when you're not having the most fun. I can't believe it's already time to start looking for a practice to buy. When we left Utah, we knew Tom's temp job would end, and we would hopefully be ready to buy a practice again. Plus he'd have been out of dental school for 2 years, which is the new magic number for banks being willing to lend to new dentists. Well it's time.
Two weekends ago we went to a small town in between San Antonio and Houston to look at a practice. With that weighing on our minds and a few opportunities in Missouri, Tom and I decided to take a road trip to Missouri to check out the opportunities there and to get moving on buying a practice. With the HUGE help of my parents, we left the kiddos with Nana and Papa, met up at my sister's place north of Austin, and headed to Missouri.
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| Cool Camera App on my Phone + LOTS of Time Driving = Homage to Coke |
It's a long drive. A really. Long. Drive. Thank goodness we like each other! We started Thursday evening and made it to the first practice Friday at 5:00 pm. We had a nice evening checking out the town and the practice and visiting with the selling dentist and then headed up to St. Louis for the night. One more plus that's come from Tom's living in a hotel for the past 6 months ... Reward Points!!! Every night in a hotel on our trip was ... for free! In St. Louis, we decided to live it up and go to the downtown Hilton right by the Gateway Arch. We loved the view from our hotel room!
We got up early the next morning, ate an insanely expensive but thankfully free breakfast, and headed over to the Arch to take a look before leaving St. Louis. It was a beautiful morning!
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| Handsome Man (He was mad at me for taking this picture.) |
We went into the memorial to possibly see about going up the Arch, but the 100+ people in line quickly drove that idea out of our head. We finished up at the Arch memorial, checked out, and headed back on the road. By the end of the day, we had eliminated the other two practices in Missouri and stopped at Oklahoma City for the night.
Sunday was another long day of driving ... but hey, that's mostly what we did on this trip. We went our separate ways in Austin, and I made it home in time to tuck the kiddos in bed.
Next came the hard part. Comparing. Pondering. Deciding. Pursuing. We feel good about the one in Texas, so we are going for it. Now comes the submitting and waiting ... and PRAYING! Hopefully we'll be able to announce something soon, but definitely before Tom's job is up on June 1. Hopefully!!!!
