Enjablog

6:10am

6:59am

Beachfront Avenue! Well, except I’m not in Miami, so it’s Beach Blvd. That’s the same…

So, on my flight down here, we were getting ready to leave 15 minutes early and had pulled away from the gate. The flight attendants had gone through their spiel about buckling up and whatnot. The pilots tell the flight attendants to be seated for takeoff. Then, one of the flight attendants asks if there are any doctors or nurses on the plane. No one responds, but we’re all sticking our heads up over the seats like prairie dogs. Some guy was having chest pains and the pilot was all like, “If you don’t stop dying, I’m going to turn this plane right back around.” And the guy was all like, “Errrggghhh.” So the pilot turned the plane around and made him leave.

Dropped off the heart attack guy, refueled, and were on our way. After landing, I picked up my stuff, got my rental car+GPS, and went straight over to the Museum of Discovery and Science for a couple hours. It wasn’t as entertaining as I thought it would be. I think I’m spoiled by the Smithsonian, for sure. But I went to the Science Museum in Boston and that was awesome. It was still geared toward kids, but there were fun things to play with and things to learn. There were a few cool things here, but overall, it wasn’t that exciting. I have some pictures and a couple videos that I’ll post up eventually. They had these huge insects in one wing that I was not prepared to have start moving toward me. Totally freaked me out.

I’m also very disappointed by the lack of postcards around here. I tried to get some at the museum, hotel, and convention center. I think I actually have to go look for a tourist trap and buy some. So much work…

The conference is going well. I haven’t collected much stuff, but I’ve talked with almost half the companies with booths at the expo. I passed on the biggest carabiner I’ve ever seen. I’m kind of regretting it now though. I didn’t know what I’d do with it, so I didn’t take one. But now I want to show people and I don’t have one. So sad. But I’m 2 business cards shy of my requirement for attending. I think I’ll be all set tomorrow, with extra credit.

Ok, brain shutting down for the night. Need sleep to prepare for more human interaction tomorrow.