But in April, we held our first in-person customer expo since 2019, and it was a It was a great event. We had great engagement with the customers that were there. We did have to limit some geographies just from the hassle of travel and some of the COVID restrictions, but we found a really good successful event that we held back in April.

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First off, our travel has expanded. If I look at our travel in the year to date in 2022 and ignore for a second 2020 and 2021, our travel is about 12% below where it was in 2019. In the second quarter, our travel is about 18% higher than it was in 2019. And that's measuring dollars. And as you know, for those of you that bought an airplane ticket recently or done any kind of travel, things have not gotten cheaper. So I suspect that means we're probably still down from 2019. But the expense is up because of the inflation inherent in travel today. but what that means is the, um, most societies have entered into the endemic stage of COVID-19, uh, not all. And then, and what that means, uh, we're finding our new normal and, and I'm pleased to say travel is resuming. And that's one of the ways we engage with our customer.

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