Yippie/shucks

I'm torn as to whether I'm glad or sad to be done. There has been fun and learning, but it went by quickly.

After the conference conclusion today, we checked out the Riverwalk Mall and went back to the House of Blues to pick up some souvies. We then went back to our respective hotels for a bit to take care of personal affairs. I used the opportunity to finally get a run in at the hotel gym, but there were some problems. First, I had to pay. Ten bucks per day when all I wanted to do was jog. Grrr. I didn't want to be dressed up for nothing, so I paid and jogged a mile and a half. But I have no idea what my time was as the timer wouldn't set back to zero for me to get a good reading and I didn't jot down (on what?) the reading at the time I started.

I noticed there was a sign that read "observation deck" on the way to the gym, so after I ran and got a shower back at the room, I grabbed my camera and went back to the gym asking if I could take pictures from the observation deck. Well, it wasn't what I expected. I thought observation deck meant a view of the city from the roof, but their idea of observation deck was an area with chairs and a bar overlooking the basketball and tennis courts. Blah. But on my way out as I expressed my dissatisfaction with their "observation deck" the lady that worked at the gym desk pointed to another door and said I could go out there and take pictures.

Well, that door lead to the actual roof. So of course I took the opportunity to take a bunch of pictures, but I have a feeling that was a little against policy. I mean, there were cables of various sorts, ladders, and other equipment out there. And I walked right up to the edge and looked down and could have easily fallen off or something, so I'm thinking if she realized the liability issues she might not have pointed the way.

Later, I met back up with the guys I had been hanging with, and after an amazing steak dinner, we visited several other gift shops, where I got stuff for the girls. We walked all over the rest of the French Quarter and stopped by the Hard Rock Cafe as well. But we called it a fairly early night, as we all had to pack for morning flights.


Oh, it turns out that most of my laptop problems were actually hotel wireless network problems. I wasted SO much time uninstalling and reinstalling stuff that I thought was breaking me, and there was no hardwire option.