I had arranged to take a late flight back from a sales training I'm attending in Atlanta on Friday so I could be in town for the show and my best buddy's wife's 35th birthday party Saturday night. He'll still be going to the Expo with some other friends on Sunday but I'm going to have to cancel.
Unfortunately, after booking the flight to Atlanta, I learned my Dad has Cancer of the bladder. He lives in Jacksonville, and if I'm already going to be in Atlanta (45 min airplane ride apart) I feel like I ought to see Dad so I'm going to blow off the Knife Expo and my buddy's wife's birthday party and go visit my Dad for the weekend.
I'll miss you guys, but I hope to attend the Solvang show in April and maybe will see some of you there.
jmx