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Thursday, July 30, 2009

It's convention time in Tennessee...for the AIA anyway

I am right in the middle of the state AIA convention. AIA stands for the American Institute of Architects but if you are reading my blog you probably already knew that. Anyway, the convention started for me Tuesday night with a reception for people that helped put the convention together. Wednesday night was the host chapter party which I chaired. It went well but I am already exhausted. Exhausted but still not sleepy enough to stay asleep for more than 3 hours at a time. Yes, I am still having sleep issues.

Again, I am digressing. What I am trying to say is that I am busy right now and owe anyone keeping up with this blog some postings. Hopefully this weekend I can sit down and post about the new dog, a tour I went on of the Alex Haley farm/Children's Defense Fund retreat and about the convention in general. Yesterday was very informative about general business practices. I think today focuses on design but I forget. Oh well.

Jacene

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Chattanooga in style

Yesterday I was fortunate enough to be invited, last minute, to a trip to Chattanooga with the Knoxville Construction Specifications Institute elite for a reception honoring Mike Davis who is from Chattanooga and will be the National CSI President starting in June.

CSI Knoxville knows how to be social and so for this event they rented a limo and 7 of us piled inside. We had a good time there and back and the reception was nice but the BEST part was at the end of the reception, which was held at the Chattanooga Country Club. This was the time that a prom was starting. I was one of the first to notice and one of my traveling companions joined me on my informal critiquing and ogling of the prom participants. It was so much fun and super entertaining. We wound up staying past when the reception was officially over just to continue to watch. I wish I had brought a camera...well, maybe that would be too creepy of me to have taken pictures of teenagers that I don't know.

All in all, it was fun to take the little jaunt down to Chattanooga with a great group of people in a black stretch limo. If given the opportunity to travel with CSI...say yes. :)

Jacene