Convention – All Done……

Well, finally made it home! While waiting for the flight to Grand Junction, they wanted someone to bump for a travel voucher. Now, for a moment I considered asking if they flew to San Diego and if so, if they gave me a round-trip voucher, I would so go for it. I want to attend a Jack Canfield/Jim Bunch workshop. However, I wanted to get home, too.

BTW – on the flight home, some man who obviously thought he was too good for rules, turned on his cell phone to alert someone he was arriving. Sigh -

I will be putting together notes from convention and posting here, as well as the delegates report that will be sent to everyone.

Don’t You Just Love Flying!

Not so much at this moment! Our flight to DFW was cancelled yesterday and so, as a result, we had to rebook. We had to go get our luggage and then haul to an AA ticket counter.

Now, I do have to say that AA’s messaging service was great until everyone’s cell phone started going off and no one could hear what they were being told.

A couple of people were sent by taxi to Baton Rouge where they caught flights to Denver to spend the night – Mary’s husband drove up from Colorado Springs to get her. There were no more seats on that plane, so I got to stay in New Orleans for one more night at AA’s expense.

We stayed at the Hilton Airport and it was so nice! The Hilton shuttle driver pulled out a water bottle for each of us – I was hoping for something stronger! After I checked in, I grabbed a book and headed for the sports bar. It was a very nice atmosphere and I read while eating and resting from the day. I talked to my son and he actually put it in great perspective! He said, “How often will you get to drink a glass of wine and read a book in a sports bar in New Orleans?”

I am at the airport now waiting to board the plane at 8:05 and get home at 12:30 or so.

The side note? I had to report for jury duty this morning! So, hopefully my husband or mom (she knows the Jury clerk) is taking care of that so there is no arrest warrant out for me when I get home!

All in all, it was an interesting convention. The IAAP members are a wonderful group of individuals and it was terrific to meet more and network with the ones that I already knew. I stayed with Dianne Seeks of the Huntsville Chapter and she and her peeps were absolutely the best!

Our CWM Division had some adventures riding the trolley car, shopping on the Riverwalk, going to the aquarium, and more.

Minnesota next year? I think I am going to wait to get over this flying experience first!