Back from Vegas

The conference is over and I'm back. I got to meet lots of clients and have fun with coworkers outside of work. It was a nice change from the norm.

We stayed at the Red Rock hotel/casino/spa, which is pretty new. It's a gorgeous hotel. Really very nice. I think a lot of people were impressed with the accomodations and conference facilities. I only wish more of our clients were able to go.

I got to see the Strip from a car. And honestly, that's about as close as I really wanted to get. I'm not sure why I thought it'd be more glamorous than it was, but I wasn't as impressed as I thought I'd be. I mean, it's nice and all, but meh. Maybe because I'm not a gambler (I can honestly say I was in Vegas for 5 days and didn't gamble once) it just doesn't have that appeal for me. I don't think I'll be rushing back there anytime soon. It was a good experience, and it's nice to say I've finally been somewhere west of the Mississippi, but I don't think it's for me. I missed the green.

Next year the conference will be back here in MD, so I won't have to fly anywhere. I think more people will attend as well. I'm sure some managers were hesitant about sending someone to a conference in Las Vegas. Although I'm sure that instead of shipping everything I'll be responsible for driving everything to the conference. That's what mileage reimbursement is for.

I'm working on two projects right now. I finally decided on a pattern for Kelley's socks (Jaywalker from Magknits) and those are going well. I'm also doing a Clapotis in laceweight alpaca/silk. I hope it turns out nice. It's such soft yarn. The only problem now is making myself focus more on the socks and only work on the clapotis when my fingers are tired from dealing with tiny sock needles. I have a nice long weekend to work on stuff. I took yesterday and monday off for a break from everything. leading up to and including the conference I was doing work or work related things for 18 days straight (including weekends) so I think I needed a break. Not to mention that since January it's been non-stop stress and craziness for documentation. I plan on sleeping and knitting. And maybe listing more stuff on eBay, now that I've finally legitimately sold my laptop. the first two attempts were scams, so it's good that it's finally sold to a real person who doesn't want me to send it to Nigeria.