Houston

Andrea and I flew to Houston this week to teach two classes at CKU (Creating Keepsakes University). They were "extra curricular" classes that people could sign up for in addition to their core curriculum. We were only there for the beginning, but it was long enough to see the forming masses of middle aged women acting like freshmen. I wonder if their husbands know what kind of maniacs these women turn into when grouped into "dorms" of other scrapbooking fanatics? Matching outfits, dorm cheers, decorated roadtrip vehicles... I felt a little bit like an EFY counselor.

We got in on Tuesday afternoon and went to the front desk of our Hotel at the Galleria Mall. "We're new to Houston. What should we go see while we're here?" She looked at us blankly. "You don't want to shop?" She asked puzzled, "That's all we really do here."
So shop we did. We covered one floor of the Mall and ate at the Cheesecake factory before retiring for the evening. The next morning, we covered another floor, taught our classes in the afternoon and then went out for BBQ in the evening (it seemed like a Texas thing to do.) Then we went back to the Mall and shopped some more. The next morning we were able to cover the last floor of the Mall before catching our plane. Phew... my job can be so exhausting sometimes.