Still haven’t been able to post yesterday’s missive but better get something down tonight before calling it a night so here goes…….
First day of Conference is behind us. The day flew by and everyone enjoyed their sessions but……. we’re all a little shell shocked from having to sit in a session and exercise our brain all day after having a full week of nothing but play. I had lunch with a woman from Kentucky. Her name was Barbara and she is a Dominican Sister. She works with a private college and has only been doing that work for about 1 year. She had lots of questions and I was able to help her out a little as her area is much like the Okanagan in that she serves multiple communities some of which are very small. She is very fortunate though as her college doesn’t expect that she will break even (although that expectation will likely come in time).
We did manage to make it out to the street for a little while again tonight where we had another really fun time. Helena-Marie and Jenny-Ann took Linda-Kay, Verna-Lee, and I to their favourite place – Pink Berries – an all-natural frozen yogurt spot they discovered a few days ago and where they manage to visit daily!!
After Pink Berries we ambled back over to the French Quarter where we stopped in to Pat O’Briens to once again check out the dueling pianos. Lots of people and some pretty good music but Verna-Lee, Linda-Kay, and I decided to head out a little while before the other two were ready to go. They should have come with us though as we managed to find a little more adventure on our way back to the hotel. Bourbon St was great tonight. Just the right amount of people, lots of beads being thrown from the balconies, music coming from every venue along the strip, and smiling faces everywhere you looked. It really is amazing that there are people walking everywhere with their drinks in hand but I think I’ve only seen a couple of people, the whole time I’ve been here, who have had a little too much!
Tomorrow’s sessions start at 8:00 a.m. so it’ll be an early wake-up call!
Till next time,
Lorrie-Mae
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