field trips

rebecka went on a field trip to chattanooga yesterday - she came home with tales of clown fish, carousel rides, and overpriced souvenirs made in china...

anyway - made me think of field trips way back when and the joy and excitement that accompanied such events. the special brown bag lunch, being allowed to wear jeans (yes - i went to a strict christian school in SF), exploring, learning...

and imagine this - today i got to go on a field trip!

the flight was delayed 1 hour, the chef at O'Charleys made our dinner last 1 hour and 45 minutes (apparently he overcooked the meat for the black and blue salad), we had to drive 2 hours to get to the middle of nowhere in NC to finally arrive at the hotel around 10 pm local time...

but - my room has a king size bed, there were chocolate mints on the pillow, there's high speed wireless, AND best of all - there is a fitness room... field trip is looking good so far... :)

ps - thanks to my sweet friends who made my not so great morning turn into a much better noon, afternoon and evening... friends are awesome. i'm so lucky.