CONVENTION 2008 - Page 2

greeklawgirl · #16 07-09-2007, 07:40 PM

AUUUGGGH! Flashbacks! Flashbacks!

nancyagd86 · #17 07-27-2007, 12:01 PM

Ok, we gotta get past the accommodations for VLC. I must say, my college dorms were a little more primitive and I wasn't all that surprised. Thankfully I was able to move into the House my senior year and escaped!

Now...yes, I'll be at Convention with bells on!

As for family, we have been trying to figure out a good post-5th-grade vacation for our oldest, and we agree that an historical tour of San Antonio sounds grand! Hubby will fly out with the children as we wind down Convention and we'll hang out for a few days afterward. That's the plan as of now.

VandalSquirrel · #18 07-27-2007, 04:30 PM

I was worried that I wouldn't be able to bring my young man along due to the bar exam, but I think we're in the clear. I hope he enjoys San Antonio for a graduation trip because that's what he is getting.

I am so proud of him for not even thinking twice about going, of course he is also meeting my whole extended family next weekend so he's either really brave, or takes a a lot of Valium when I am not looking.

GtownGirl98 · #19 07-27-2007, 06:17 PM

Did anyone else stumble over the phase "my young man"??? I did... I thought it was a son not a Potential Hubby (we can shorten that to PH... like PNM). Any guy who is meeting the whole EXTENDED family is a PH in my book!

AGDLynn · #20 07-27-2007, 07:54 PM

I'm going so hubby better come or I'll go without him.

GtownGirl98 · #21 07-27-2007, 08:02 PM

Well you all know that my hubby will be there... maybe if there is enough IHQ will organize something just for them!

VandalSquirrel · #22 07-27-2007, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by GtownGirl98

Did anyone else stumble over the phase "my young man"??? I did... I thought it was a son not a Potential Hubby (we can shorten that to PH... like PNM). Any guy who is meeting the whole EXTENDED family is a PH in my book!

I think the term boyfriend is kind of goofy at our age, so I call him that, but I guess significant other works as well. He also has no qualms about changing my one year old nephew's dirty diapers, or carrying him around in a baby Bjorn or back pack so I'm pretty sure I'm keeping him. The question is will he want to keep me after meeting the WHOLE family next weekend? He's even staying in a hotel suite with my sister and my infant nephew, what a trooper.

To soften the blow we're going camping and rafting Sunday/Monday, and we're going to the Full Sail Brewery enroute to the family reunion next Friday. If he can make it through recruitment I'm buying him something nice. He volunteered to bring me Starbucks at the chapter house, so I hope he likes clapping and singing.

GtownGirl98 · #23 07-28-2007, 04:57 PM

OHHHH HE IS A KEEPER... diapers and chants... what a guy!!!

AGDee · #24 09-06-2007, 10:32 AM

So, there's always a silver lining, right? I'll be at Convention with no obstacles...

GtownGirl98 · #25 09-06-2007, 07:36 PM

Oh Dee...

mu_agd · #26 09-07-2007, 06:52 PM

so sadly i don't think i'll be making it to convention next summer.. hopefully this may change.

DoctorD · #27 10-09-2007, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by GtownGirl98

(Conversations I'm having in my head... if I get pregnant in Aug then I will be there... but I can't get pregnant between September and October... but November and December are okay.) So I think that I am officially crazy now... planning childbirth around convention! If I go into labor, will you all visit me at the hospital???? Now that would be too cool!

Just looking over this thread and had the thought.... I was 8 months pregnant at 1997 Convention. Never, ever was there a better excuse to wear Keds to Feast of Roses! Florida water [pre bottled water craze] + pregnancy = massive water retention in the ankles/feet.

Ah... memories.

So, any news you want to share with us??

AGDLynn · #28 10-09-2007, 09:25 PM

Here's hoping that the hotel room will be a flat rate so that the number of people in the room can split the cost.

Here's hoping Delta has an extremely low cost airfare around the time we need to book in order to get the early registration rate.

AGDee · #29 10-09-2007, 10:35 PM

So, are people thinking about extending their time in San Antonio before Convention or after? Since I'm probably sending one kid to Europe during that time and the other kid will be going to Boy Scout shortly after, I think *I* deserve some extra vacation time in San Antonio too. Time to pamper myself, shop, etc. I've earned it, right?

PS. Lynn, if you don't have a flight but want to turn in your convention registration, you can always let them know your flight info later.

AGDLynn · #30 10-10-2007, 05:50 AM

Thanks, Dee. Since I'm the one paying for it next go-around, I can be more selective when making airplane reservations.

Yea, hubby and I have already discussed it. We haven't been back to SA since we left Texas. He is going to start looking for another job soon b/c this one is becoming a REAL drag, lol. But, hopefully, he will be able to take a few days off. If he doesn't, then I'll hang around with whomever's there.