Cross that off...

NaBloPoMo kind of went by the wayside last week.  What with GreenBuild taking up the days, the lack of wi-fi in my casita, and complete lack of internet access at Mom's, I've been mostly absent from the interwebs the past week.  Google Reader has over 500 posts for me to read (or "Mark All As Read" in the case of silly photo sites), I've got over a dozen emails in my inbox (mostly newsletters & coupons), and I'm just giving up on backtracking through Facebook and Twitter.  But regardless, it was a good trip.

GreenBuild was well worth it again this year - I attended 5 different seminars on subjects ranging from applying LEED to restaurants (Chipotle, Dunkin Donuts & McDonalds were on the panel), to indoor air quality and mold prevention (which relates directly to the class that I teach).  I didn't attend the big opening plenary event at the baseball stadium - Al Gore spoke & there was a concert by Sheryl Crow - kinda would have liked to see the concert but NOT Gore.  (Schmuck.  That's a whole 'nother issue.)  I took Friday off to go to the Desert Botanical Garden, it was AWESOME.



(If you really want to see all my pics, here's a link to my Flickr Photostream.)

Then Saturday I rented a car & drove to Yuma to visit my Mom.  We had a grand ol' time, shopping and eating and eating and shopping.  I left on Monday, giving myself 2 hours to get back to the airport in Phoenix, with 2 hours to spare before my flight left.  YEAH.  I'm an idiot.  The trip from Yuma to Phoenix is more like THREE hours, and that's without construction - which there was PLENTY of.  So I was in a state of stomach-cramping panic trying to turn in the car, catch the right shuttle, check in with my over-weight suitcase, shuffle things from the suitcase to my carry-on so I didn't have to pay $50, get to my gate, board with the last straggling passengers 5 minutes before scheduled departure, shove my now over-filled carry-on into a bin without dropping it on my head, and then find my seat and hope my deodorant is still working because man am I sweaty.  I made it home in one piece, but I'm still exhausted today despite sleeping in a little.

Tonight my ass will be on the couch, starting the process of catching up with my DVR.  But only after I go to Best Buy and get this:

Nerd love.