Friday, April 27, 2007

It’s been a long week.

My legs have hurt the entire time. I’m back on the Skelatin at night, but no relief.

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Back home from picking up my dog and I will be going to bed early tonight.

My feet hurt and my legs are warm.

I so dread getting up tomorrow morning.
Today is the last day of our conference and I’m tired.

We are all tired. There are fewer people at breakfast this morning. Actually, I should say, there are fewer people on time for breakfast this morning. Most people are coming in just as the wait staff is trying to clear; they are grabbing that bagel, muffin and coffee and taking it to class with them.

Earlier today, one of my classmates asked me if I was okay, because she noticed that I was limping. I said that I stayed up too late last night.

Last night’s ball was fun and funny. The crowd was very diverse in ages, and mixed in races. A couple of times, the DJ had some of us learning how to do the “Swing” and “Salsa”. The only times we were all on the floor was for the “Electric and the Cha-Cha Slides”.

Our event coincided with “The 100 Black Men Of America” event, and the 100 Black Men had to pass our venue to get to theirs. Those of us, who were dressed appropriately, were out in the hallway having conversations and trying to switch venues.

A good time was had by all.

Saturday, April 21, 2007

It’s about 5.15 pm and we just left the last class of the day. We started at 8.00 am. These are working hours.

We are on our own for dinner.

I’m glad I went ahead and reserved this hotel room. I’m going to lie down for a while and maybe take a nap.

The Masquerade Ball is supposed to start at 7.30pm. I’m going, but I will be late.
The first event on the conference agenda is at 7.00 am.

I need to be there at 8.00 am.

I found out last night that I’m supposed to be a Monitor in one of the sessions and need to report to the registration desk this morning for a quick briefing.

Friday, April 20, 2007

My Foster Care Conference starts tonight and I’m looking forward to it.

I went to the “Networking & Social” event tonight, and was surprised by the number of people already there.

I’m not sure if this was intentional, but the “Singles” and “Kinship” families were on one side of the hotel and the “Couples” were on the other side of the hotel.

They should have known better. Everybody ended up in everyone else’s room anyway.