8/25/24

 We finished up at the conference today. Short and sweet. I think we did well with what we had to offer and the conversations we had.

We had friendship bracelet making stations. I met a lady that was a female architect that was winning an award for her veterinary hospital design. 

As she sat across from me, she talked proudly about the clinic that won this design award. 

As she carefully placed bead by bead onto her friendship bracelet, she told me about all the efforts that happened to make this happen and she had never won a design award before.

She was beaming. I thought about how awesome it was that this lady was trail blazing a path for women.

I asked her when the ceremony was. It turned out that t was one floor down. She walked away and I was just so proud for her.

As the time got near, I snuck down to where the ceremony was. I didn’t realize that it was a special lunch. I didn’t have a pass to get in. I suddenly became a photographer for the event. I found her, sat at her table and photographed her as she made a speech.

I grabbed her email address and hurried back to my vendor area. I told her I would send pictures to her in the next few days. It made my heart feel so good to see her smile.

I did not help myself to any food even though it looked and smelled good. Since I wasn’t really invited, I didn’t feel good about that.

We wrapped up our conference and headed to the airport. Like a dingbat, I told Uber to take myself and my coworker to the airport, but chose the wrong one. Who knew there were two?

We finally ended up at the correct airport. Our Uber driver was awesome and earned a decent tip.

After at the airport I sat at my gate until it was time to board. I chatted with my coworker until they did last call. I was the last one on the plane.

I made it to Washington DC at concourse Z. I had to get to Concourse A. It was an 18 minute walk and I had about 25 minutes….plenty of time. I even stopped to use the bathroom.

It was a walk the included multiple escalators, multiple turns, a train, more escalators and more. Wow! I didn’t love it and was also the last one to board the flight to Rochester.

I don’t mind being last. Less time to sit in the germ tube.

I made it home a little past midnight. I got my steps in for today!