I'm Back!

When I last wrote, I mentioned that I was going to a weather conference in Denver. Well I'm back and it was awesome! I have many pictures of the trip, but I'm at work and when I tried to plug my camera into the computer, I was told (by my computer no less) that I don't have the privileges to add a device to the computer. Ahhh corporate America! So, obviously, I'll edit this post when I'm able to add the pix.

When I was at the doctor last week, she told me to drink extra water because I was flying and going to high altitude. So I chugged tons of water on Wednesday before and during the flight (thank God I had an aisle seat). The only problem: when I got to Denver, for some reason, my body decided to keep all that water and my feet and ankles were HUGE the entire trip! I still drank tons of water because it's VERY dry in Denver. As a result of that, I had GREAT hair the entire trip. It was awesome. I hardly used hairspray and my hair stayed blow-dry awesome all day.

The conference itself was very busy. It was jam-packed with sessions lead by some of the top meteorologists in the country. I was able to network with some of the lead meteorologists in Michigan (who both knew of me which was great) and so that was great to get to know them for the future (it's no secret...I'd love to work in Detroit or Grand Rapids).

The highlight of the conference was a trip to NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) both in Boulder. We got to see lots of cool stuff, meet lots of amazingly smart scientists and had a fun picnic lunch outdoors at the foot of the Rockies. Pretty cool. They also had a little shop at NCAR where I bought our little one a pair of infant socks with all of the cloud types on them. Nerdy, but cute!

The highlight of the trip was seeing my good friend from high school, Khristin. She and I had dinner at this great little restaurant in Denver on Wednesday and then she came to pick me up on Saturday and took me to her house for dinner with her awesome husband and ADORABLE baby, Clay. This kid is like the poster child for cuteness. I am not kidding. I'll post the pictures of him when I can, but man...he was SOOOO cute.

On the way back, my colleague and I were bumped to first class (rough, I know), so the flight back was GREAT! Although, flying first class isn't NEARLY as fun as it is when you can take advantage of the free booze.

As for the peanut, she did very well on her little trip out west. She kept moving through most of the trip, but I did get concerned because of my swelling...so I think I'll call the doctor today to make sure I'm not showing signs of preeclampsia. Scary, but I'm going to get checked.

Naturally, I was EXHAUSTED from the trip when I got back. Jon was wonderful and took me to lunch and then brought me home and put me to bed. I fell asleep at about 4:30 yesterday afternoon and slept until this morning.