What I'm writing: Untitled short story.
This was our "both of us free all day" day. The Plan: Walk up to campus to see how far the actual meeting rooms are from the hotel. Then we'd visit
You have to remember, this is desert (like that – don't sweat) so it was more than warm, and it's at altitude, which for a sea-level dweller is another strain. Plus, the University is located uphill from the hotel. I think everything is uphill from this hotel. We left the hotel at 10:00 am.
The hotel is a "short distance from campus" according to the conference information. On foot, it's a 45 minute walk (in the heat and uphill). But, we scoped out where my husband would be spending most of his days, and I decided he'd be doing it alone.
It's now 11:00, and we debated the restaurant, which according to my husband was "at the other end of campus." Since
"That way," he said. "It's about 3 blocks up Central. Corner of Central and
Hogwash. First, his map only showed bus stop intersections, which were about 8 blocks apart each. Why didn't he check it on the Internet first? Don't ask me – he's the former Boy Scout Hikemaster. Shortly before noon, and two blocks past
Old town was as I remembered, and we had a great
I must say the bus drivers in the
Where I promptly made an appointment for a Deluxe Spa Pedicure for tomorrow morning. I'd have done it today, but my feet were too sore to think about letting anyone touch them. I had a nice bubble bath, read some more of Lise Fuller's book, and actually caught up with my real job work while my husband crashed for 2 hours.
And, to end the day, since these rooms have refrigerator/freezers, we bought some Haagen Dazs cherry fudge truffle for dessert.
2 comments:
Wow, I envy you the bling! I used to have a big collection, but with move after move after move, a lot of it's "walked". Enjoy!
"other end of campus"...Ha! I told him you'd need a car...it's a ways out. But worth the breakfast if you can make it before heading north...
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