Tuesday, August 3, 2010

BREAKING NEWS!

First it was 0%. Then it was 47% Then it was 53%. Then it was 65% But now, now it is 100%! Reservations have been made. I am going on an awesome business trip. Not Altoona, PA. Not Dillsburg. Not Charlotte, NC. (which was cool) Not even St Paul, MN (which is the coolest place i've gone for work). I am going to Honolulu, HI! THAT'S HAWAII, PEOPLE! For work. Which means that i'm not paying for it. At least, i'm not paying for the plane tickets that i just purchased or the conference fees or the food or the hotel for the first 6 days. I am paying to stay 3 more days in a much cheaper hotel and for a rental car for those 3 days. But, travelocity was able to get me a deal where the 3 days of hotal and car costs less than $400, which is less that it cost to fly to Ohio last week and have a car there for 2 days. I've picked out one cool thing to try while i'm there, but i'm not telling what it is until i do it! Excited doesn't even begin to describe it. Firstly, i really do love going to the national conference for work; i always come home energized. Secondly, it will be a new state. Lastly, it's fricking HAWAII, which we all know i was never gonna get to on my own. Phew... i gotta go breathe into a paperbag or put my head down or something.

7 comments:

Kaaren said...

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

Rea said...

WOOO HOOOO!!!

Anonymous said...

Remember: avoid the poi.

-Frack

Erin said...

How did you manage it? What sold "upstairs" on it?

Niki said...

fTM Felicia has grant money in her program for the conference, but she isn't sure she can make it so i am going in her stead. I will miss the big outreach meeting since i have to attend her day long seminar of climate change, but i will still be able to hang with my outreach cronies and pick their brains about my program at other times during the conference.

Melanie said...

Fantastic!!

Douglas said...

Enjoy Lomi Lomi by a ripped dark skin native while you're there. *envy*