There and Back

My ancestors rolled across the plains to Oregon in a Conestoga wagon, and I always wonder what they would have thought if they'd known I'd have days like today when I got up in Orlando and will turn in for the night in Texas. (And the sooner the better, too. I'm beat!)

Yes, last night at 10:30, I was doing laps under a beautiful Florida sky. I went to Mickey's city (though the pool was the only "Orlando" site I saw) with a former student, Lesa, to present workshops on writing at Synergy. Synergy is a conference for women in leadership, and it rocked! Imagine about 150 educated women from a variety of cultures and nationalities. It's one of those places where the presenters learn as much as the people they come to train. One of my former students even flew in from China to get some writing instruction. Loved talking with her!

We couldn't believe it Friday when the two American Airlines flights before ours and the one after it got canceled, but our out-bound Super-80 departed right on time. So apparently some airline news is good. And we got home early on stand-by, too!

Of course Lesa and I worked hard. We co-led three workshops yesterday, which had us running from 6 in the morning until I slipped in the pool at 10:30 last night. But we saw some writing that really encouraged us. And the keynote sessions included two fab presentations by friends Carolyn Custis James and Leigh McLeroy, both of whom knocked 'em out of the park. Gone are the days when the only options for women's conferences were "fluff."

Upon arriving home, I found the kitchen floor all torn up. My husband is re-tiling. (Yeah!) So out of necessity we ate out. (Double yeah!) Italian food. (Triple!) I wonder what the women in my family many "greats" back would have thought of the idea of coming in from a long day and letting somebody else cook. I don't need to tell you, do I, what I think of it?