Confessions of a trevelling mom October 10, 2006
Posted by spacemom in : Seeing the World Through Astronomy , trackbackI am back and ready to post. Except my stomach is growling. Oh well, it can wait.
I really enjoyed the trip out west. First, I got to board an airplane without a small person complaining about the security line, or the waits or why they can’t watch the DVD yet. I had an aisle seat, I took a nap, I could get up to use the washroom as much as I needed. Ahhhhhh
The hotel was a very nice hotel. I used the towel warmer every morning, but was always disappointed by how warm it didn’t get. I loved the luxury of having the bed turned down with a robe and chocolates waiting for me every night. I was able to put in a wake up call and have a hot steaming pot of coffee outside my door at 6am everyday.
I got to sleep alone. All night. Ah. No interruptions. The featherbed and down comforter made me so relaxed.
This was useful because the meeting itself was fast paced. Breaks were 30 minutes and often shorter as the sessions ran long. Snacks galore were available, but I was very good and kept myself to a nice slow pace on food.
I really enjoyed my early morning walks around the city. It was pretty, cool and quiet. I miss early morning quiets. Right now, I am usually so tired in the mornings, that I can’t handle getting up early. However, 7am was 10am to me, so going for a walk at 7am was nice. We were right on Nob Hill, so the cable cars could take us anywhere. After my visit to Mary-Mia, I got a cable car pass and then went all over the city.
On Friday, a small group of us went to dim-sum in Chinatown. One of the women who was ordering kept insisting no pork. Unfortunately, I am allergic to fish and seafood, so I finally spoke up and said that I needed things without fish. Almost all of the dishes had shrimp in them. Oh well. I did get a red bean dough ball. Yummy. I have had the red bean pancakes before and not liked them, but these were great! I wanted to visit the tower on telegraph hill. It was cool to see the city, but even cooler was the engagement we saw up there. A man had flown in from Houston. His girlfriend was being brought up to the tower. He gave her a huge bouquet of flowers and a massive diamond. It was very romantic. Being a person who never got engaged, I was moved by this.
The Blue Angels were in town as well. Most of the youngin’s (those under 30) thought I was nuts not to care about the show. I saw lots of air shows as a kid. I am just not interested. So I went back to the hotel and took a nap and caught a few more talks.
I must admit that I really enjoyed the chance to be a free person again. I enjoyed leaving the hotel when I wanted, staying out as late as I wanted, drinking as much as I wanted and other fun things.
But I did miss the girls.
And that chocolate cake they made for me was AMAZING!
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Oh, a chocolate cake - how sweet!
I can so relate after my trip to Cleveland this past May. I swear, nobody savours the freedom of travelling alone like the mother of young children. The things we used to take for granted!!