Ready to go home!

I am ready to leave Dallas and the state of Texas and get back home to NH. The conference has been good and I have learned quite a bit but I want to return to my normal routine and to see my family (and my new dog!).

My colleague and I fly out tomorrow at 2:00 pm Dallas time and land in Manchester at 9:20 pm. Once again, we are flying all over the place to get home. This time we go from Dallas to St. Louis to Chicago to Manchester. I still can't believe I picked these flights!

Here are some of the interesting things I'll remember from this conference:

1. The person in the hotel room next to me was either very sick, drunk or had some other issue last night because I heard coughing and other unpleasant sounds coming from the room last night for about 15 minutes! Thank goodness he either passed out or got it out of his system. Yuck!

2. There is a night club at the hotel called the Crocodile Lounge. They advertise it as a disco. My colleague and I stepped in for a minute to see what it was all about and promptly turned around! Of course I often forget names and mess up on song lyrics and such so I have been calling the place the Alligator Lounge. I'll have to tell Benny about the place because he favorite new saying is "See you later Alligator...In a while Crocodile."

3. The food here has been great! Today for lunch we had salmon and chicken. Then cheesecake for dessert. They also have receptions in the evening with an open bar. Naturally I had a glass (or two) of white wine. To make up for all of this eating, I tried out the hotel's .25 mile jogging trail and ran some laps this morning. It has been 80 degrees here during the day so it was nice to be outside.

4. For those who know me well or who have traveled with me, you'll be happy to hear that I have only returned to my hotel room once to make sure my door was locked. And I have been able to control my impulse to constantly search for my room key to make sure I have not misplaced it. I've also cut back on my need to make sure the dead bolt on my door is locked. Such progress!