The 5 day course was overwhelming. Really and truly, way to much! I am glad I went, met lots of great people, but man - we were busy all day and night!!! I think they should slow the pace a little just to give students time to absorb it all, but they have been doing this for years and seem to think it works well. They do cram a lot in... We went from 8:45am til after 5pm, then they gave us homework each night on top of a group project on top of a project with a partner. Crazy intense I tell ya!

I ended up staying in a ghetto motel. The moment I walked into the room I wanted to walk back out. It was stinky, dirty, dingy, walls were gross, I didn't see any three prong plugs at first either which --- what would I do without my laptop?? I was going to check out the same day but then thought - they charged me for the full 6 nights right off the bat - eek! They had me. I read online some of the reviews where people had to FIGHT for their money back... the water reeked of sulfer, the tub was dirty, I couldn't get hot water for the first three days - I mean this place was bad. One perk? We could have dogs there for free... so I stayed... cuz I wanted to bring a shelter dawg back to my hotel room with me. Speaking of which, meet Addie:



She was a doll. Very high energy but she was a cutie, and she liked to snuggle in the morning! :0)

I was going to stay at the motel on Sunday night since they had warned us that the pace of the course was very draining, but since the place was a hell hole I actually asked for (and GOT!) my money back for the last night... I put that towards a stay at the Hilton in Wilkes Barre in Pa. Oh.My.Goodness! I was in HEAVEN! The room smelled nice, looked clean, had 4 fluffy pillows, plugs that were laptop compatible right by the desk! I had a paper waiting for me in the morning, free hot breakfast - just heaven. I had a hard time leaving there. haha

Well dayum this is a novel.

I went to a reactive dog class tonight - I am a "coach" aka an assistant. It was very eye opening - loved it! Described my Kraymer to a T.

ok, the babble ceases here. Happy Almost R's bday peeps!!! (his and my dad's bdays are tomorrow)

Night!