A Hard Days Night

GRRRR… possibly the most frustrating thing in the whole wide world…more frustrating than when you were little and your little sister (or brother) used to play the “I’m not touching you” game (if you know what that is) à losing your whole blog because Word has decided to have a runtime error and close in an entirely, as my one of my favorite mentors would say, ‘capricious and arbitrary’ manner.

That’ll teach you to save your files right?

So – Sitting at my makeshift workspace in my hotel room (which my roommate has decided is too hot and so turned the temperature down leaving me longing for my Minnesota winter coat) thinking about the night, hoping that everyone out there was able to appreciate just a small piece of what this city has to offer. I myself am still appreciating a full belly and the sweet taste of contentment, listening to Pinback playing in my iPod.

Admittedly, I was techno-impressed with the reception. Especially after arriving late – I mean seriously, it was probably the one time Henri Manasse will ever call me out by name and where was I? Oh yeah, on a plane sitting on the O’Hare tarmac. Way to go right? – I digress. Back to food…the “hor de oeuvres” were amazing and I leave that hor de oeuvres in quotes because I would argue that ravioli warmed and served with a butternut squash sauce right there before your eyes is a far cry from snacks where I’m from, but I also heard the poached lobster was fantastic and the seared tuna looked pretty great too. So a giant kudos to the meeting planners for that spread!

A giant thank you to the ASHP staff for their attentiveness and hard work! Another thank you to all the people who have traveled from so far just to attend this conference. And thank you to familiar faces from pharmacy school – you know who you are – for just being great and being involved. I hope all ya’all out there have a rockin time and I look forward to meeting you!

PS – now that my roomie is fast asleep I will be turning the temperature back to normal