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OSPI - Day Three

Seriously, my district should get a refund. Almost every session I attended was "full" and most I tried to attend were "full" before I could get in. Of course, many would not have been that way if the Seattle Convention Center staff hadn't set up room to accomodate the least number of people possible and then forced people out if anyone dared to hang around to see if one of the saved seats might be given up. ALL of the full sessions I attended had at least two empty seats about 5 to 10 minutes after it started. They stayed empty while people wandered about aimlessly trying to find something they could get into.

Needless to say, my last day of the conference was spent making a weekend to-do list and reprogramming my phone. Yes, my brand-spanking-new phone jumped into the toilet. I always wondered how on earth that happened... now I know. It jumped from bag. The next morning it was declared dead and I had to get a brand new one.

At least I got new shoes.

Comments

traveler hudd said…
I would take new shoes over a boring conference any old time :)

One time I was talking on the phone and I had a drink resting on the chair I was sitting in. Suddenly my phone leapt from my hand and seriously landed directly in my cup... I was like, "how in the world did that just happen?"

I had to get a new phone :( haha!

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