Welcome to the Hen House: Day one, Austin Texas...

I started the whole trip off on the wrong foot. Chris picked me up 10 minutes late so of course, I had to get really cranky. Once he dropped me off I realized I forgot my cell phone. That is the one thing I had to have. After I was already through security I had to call him and tell him to turn around and drop it off. I had 10 minutes for him to get there, drop it off, get back through security and still make my plane. I made it, barely! I was the last one on the plane. The flight was fine, but I got had awful motion sickness. I was so glad to get to the hotel. Of course, my room wasn't ready. I dropped my stuff off in the boys room and started working. We headed to the booth to figure out a game plan. What we thought was going to be a two hour set up has turned into two days. We just finished. While setting up yesterday we realized we were missing a few things. John and I headed to Wal-Mart to do some last minute show shopping. Monte stayed behind and danced the night away with the "Luxury" realtors. John and I finished our shopping and decided we needed a treat. We went to a late dinner at Flemings. I had the best filet, asparagus, and blue cheese mashed potatoes. John had the surf and turf. It was a fantastic meal. After dinner I finally headed to my room. I didn't get into my room until midnight. Once I was in bed I couldn't sleep. I woke up every 15 minutes. I maybe got 4 hours. We had to be up early this morning for the closing of the "Luxury" event. Now we are back to the big show and just finished setting up our booth. It looks great! It is amazing how things work out even when you are not prepared.
The view from Monte and John's room