Killing Time

I am sitting in an airport waiting to go home. What a great time to blog!

I have been in Louisiana all week conducting Employee Benefits Meetings. One of my bosses and I started out early Tuesday morning to head out to Tyler, TX. It took us a little while to get out of town, as we had to load up some supplies from the office, have a sit-down breakfast at Chik-fil-a, and find a Starbucks. You'd be surprised how elusive they are when you need one. We passed up one because it was on the wrong side of the freeway. A little too inconvenient for Starbucks. We finally found one in Conroe, and then we were REALLY on our way!!! (at about 8am - Good thing we started early!!!)

We had a lunch meeting in Tyler, and from there, we headed East to Bossier City, LA. We stayed the night there in a cassino...because that is pretty much the only option...and then made our way to Hodge, LA, for another lunch meeting on Wednesday. After a...delicious??? catfish buffet at the only restaurant in town, and another successful presentation, we took to the road again and drove South to Lafayette, LA. We had dinner there with some of the ladies from the office, and gave two Benefits presentations on Thursday morning. We had lunch with the ladies again, and then hit the road again for Harvey, LA, which is about 20 minutes outside of New Orleans.

We went into New Orleans and had dinner at Brennan's. Yum!!! Then we made our way to Pat O'Brien's and sat in the piano bar for a couple of hours. That place is fun!!! The musicians are very entertaining. After that, we went to the Cat's Meow and hit up some karaoke. Yes, I did!!! It wasn't like when I did it in college, though. I only sang one song, and this time there were other performers, though non quite as talented as yours truely! :-) Finally, we ended our New Orleans experience at Cafe Du Monde with some famous pastries, which I do not know how to spell. It was a good time for sure!

This morning we had our final presentation in Harvey, LA, and finally got to head to the airport, where we have now been since noon. It is 3:29pm. Our flight was supposed to have left at 1:45. I don't know what you folks in Houston did to bring all that rain today, but it sure has delayed us!!! But they are starting to board our plane now, so it shouldn't be too much longer.

All in all, a good trip!