The land of kolaches and breakfast tacos..and wind.

Conference was an absolute success. Presenters, well, they were world class. Networking, awesome. Weather...well, all I can say is Really? Are you kidding me? 80 degrees on average, with spikes to 90. Humidity always. Wind (does Scirocco mean anything to you guys? Why did I spend time on my hair anyway???) seems to kick up at will.

Speaking of hair and stuff, I figured out what to wear. Went with the cool lacy blouses, jeans, heels for at night, and more professional skirts and tops during the day. Seemed to work fine except it's 90 outside and 62 in the buildings. Eek!

Final day, though, tops it all. Lance Armstrong was receiving a humanitarian award for his work promoting cancer awareness and research. The presentation was heart rending and beautiful, his presentation, and how he shared his story, well, humbling is the best way to describe that.

Made me want to shelve all of my petty complaints and look for a greater cause besides the cause of moi to focus upon.

Go Lance.

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