What seems like forever ago, I was offered the opportunity (along with ALL of my coworkers, nothing special here) to go to the state wide Adult Education & Literacy (AEL) conference held at a nice resort about 3 hours south of our house. (why does that matter? hang on minute). Because I love stuff like that, I signed up right away and promptly forgot about it. Until I started working on putting together our annual trip to visit family in Minnesota and North Dakota.
Seems kind of crazy, but I love the yearly parade my hometown does every year during Rochesterfest (week long, summer celebration). We tried to catch it last year and were rained out (SO DISAPPOINTED). If I can make it work, we try to get to Rochester in time for that parade along with "Breakfast on the Farm" and various other, less important, events. The problem was the parade was scheduled to start at 6:15 on the same Friday as the last day of my conference for work.
Do the math with me:
3 hours from work conference from our house + 7 hours from our house to Rochester = 10+ hours of driving for a parade. More than once the idea was tabled, written off only to be brought up again. I REALLY wanted to attend this parade. That meant leaving the work conference around 8am in order to arrive in time.
Because I am crazy and my husband loves me (he may be crazy as well), we agreed to make the parade work.
Not only was the actual travel plans complicated, the packing was...difficult (I know, cry with me). Clothes needed for a professional conference are very different from a family vacation. Plus the weather in MN/ND could be 65 degrees or 101000 degrees. This makes it necessary to pack the summer wear, professional attire, AND at least a pair of pants and a sweatshirt.
The work conference was interesting and I gained some new ideas. Plus, I got to sleep in a nice hotel room ALL BY MYSELF for two whole nights. I lead an exciting life people. Pictures will follow in a seperate post. Because I am lazy.
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