Trip day 4
Today was my last day in Vegas, and while my tummy troubles have abated, I’m developing some sore-throat/sinusy-thing–sheesh, I’d be having a better time if my body would cooperate and just be healthy for five minutes! We went to more talks today, and finished up our trip by getting dinner at a fancy restaurant (Pearl, a Chinese place inside the MGM) and going to see a Cirque du Soleil show, Ka. Afterward, we picked up our bags and headed to the airport! Taking the red-eye...
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Today was my big day–I did my presentation, and even being sick, with no sleep, I managed it! Everyone said I did really well, and I was relieved to be done. The kids had sent me a really sweet “good luck” video! I did my second panel in the afternoon, part of a Q&A with other customers, and that also went well. After that, I had a little time before my next event, so we did a little FaceTime chat from my hotel room. It was so fun to talk with the kids and give them...
Read MoreVegas Trip, day 2
Today was the first real day at the conference, we started off with a fancy keynote address (our CIO from Red Hat was a speaker!) We checked out the Red Hat booth (which was curiously unmanned early in the morning, hmm!) We spent the day going to lots of different talks and meetups, and this evening there was a party with a gigantic inflatable Buttercup Pwny. I thought the kids would be amused by that! Brandon sent me photos of the kids, and it was nice to catch up with everyone by phone...
Read MoreVegas Trip, day 1
Today I was off to Las Vegas, to speak at Splunk .conf 2014! The kids saw me off at the airport early this morning. I painted them a quick surprise picture before I left! I took some photos from the airport and from the plane to send them, and Brandon took a photo of them after school to send to me. Pretty cool to see the Grand Canyon from the plane! I hope we can take them there one day. My day was pretty much nothing but travel, but my co-workers and I did manage to get checked in,...
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Today we were surprised to receive an unexpected FedEx package. Turns out it was from Lego, for me! They had sent me a bouquet of flowers made by one of their Master Builders, as a thanks for “being an awesome mom!” I think maybe it’s because I reviewed something on their website? Or perhaps it’s because I’ve spent a really embarrassing amount of money on the plastic bricks we all love so much? It’s clear that we’re Lego superfans, just from all...
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