Vegas

Well, I can now say that I've been to Las Vegas.

My DH had a software symposium there this week. After the summer of last year and having no time whatsoever for each other, I invited myself to go along with him.

We stayed at The Venetian (http://www.venetian.com) as that was where the conference was being held. My, oh my, what an elaborate place. When friends here at home heard that I'd be going, they made suggestions about what I should do to fill my time while my DH was conferencing. I settled on spending a day at the Canyon Ranch Spa (http://www.venetian.com/CRS.aspx). That was the best advice I was given and I'm sooooo glad I took it!

I have come home refreshed, relaxed and more rested than I've been in quite awhile. The hubby and I had time to have conversations without interruptions; we had dinner out with his friends; we took in a show and saw The Blue Man Group (http://www.blueman.com/land_search.php). I also did a lot of reading and had many fiction books on my list to work my way through. I've just about completed the Newpointe 911 series by Terri Blackstock (http://www.terriblackstock.com).

My mom came over and took care of the boys. She was happy we'd returned, as she was exhausted after keeping up with the boys for 4 days. She is set to have cataract surgery on 4/15. My dad is to have an upper Gi procedure this next week. If there's scar tissue discovered it will be removed. If none is found, his swallowing problems will not be fixed surgically.

My DH is off to Scandinavia tomorrow for another week of travel. He'll be at JAOO in both Copenhagen and in Oslo (http://jaoo.dk/ruby-cph/conference/); (http://jaoo.dk/ruby-oslo/conference/). Too bad my passport isn't up-to-date! ha. I couldn't be gone that long with upcoming surgeries for the parental units though.

All in all, I'm glad I got away with just my DH. Seeing his friends from conferences is always fun because they are nice guys, who are so welcoming when one of the wives comes along. Too bad they live all over the country. I guess I'll just have to continue to invite myself along to conferences periodically!