yesterday....

ok, so yesterday the mm attended a conference in lex at the radisson...on chronic kidney disease....and though the speaker is the state's acknowledged expert on the subject.....she has a speaking cadence that is about 2 beats too slow....and is therefore as pleasurable an experience as listening to paint dry.....and clearly a woman who enjoys her limelight....she ran out of both steam and powerpoint slides 1.5 hours early....and rather than dismissing the crowd, opted to mumble on...with intro's like.....'what else should we talk about......since we have the time.....?'......i put up with that for 10 or so more minutes, then i merely gathered up my stuff and left......precisely why one sits at the back.....granted, had i entertainment...like pda intenet with free wi-fi.....i wouldn't have been so bored....but the radisson charges for wi-fi......and the battery on my h.p. pda isn't reliable enough for more than 45 minutes without pooping out......so i opted for.....shopping.....or rather.....boutique browsing.......first the clay's mill goodwill and then boston road.....whereupon i found the gem of all gems.......a black coach purse in precisely the style that i have coveted over the years......in good shape....for $7.50....i consider this find as a sure sign of god's grace.....and then i met acw for dinner at the bookstore cafe (j.beth).....the mothership......i didn't take the time to browse the there after my greek/grilled salmon salad.....but i did try out the handlotion in the bed/bath products section that is adjacent to the cafe....i would have preferred to try the provencal bathsalts......but that isn't an option...go figure........enough of this....i am going back to bed.....gentle readers....do check out the time......the dog wantedout and i am only up waiting to let him back in.......now that i have blogged i can go right back to sleep.....rather than to lay awake for a bit thinking about what i must remember to blog in the a.m......just before i drive back to lex for day 2 of the kidney training....oy....