Virginia Trip

The first weekend of June I was part of a larger team that hosted the Sonlight booth at the HEAV convention in Richmond, Virginia. I would have liked to see a little bit of the historic district, having never been to Richmond before... or Virginia, really, for that matter. But... it was a business trip, so sight-seeing was not on the schedule.

We flew in on Wednesday and got set up for the convention early in the day on Thursday, so we had a couple of hours to relax by the pool before time for the convention to start. One thing I noticed was how different the air "felt" in the southeast than here in the mountains... softer and heavier. It wasn't too hot that weekend, though, which was nice.

HEAV is one of the larger homeschool conventions so we definitely stayed busy. Our team was made up of a group of ladies (and one husband) whom I've become friends with over the years, and we enjoyed working together. 

And that was convention #8 for my 2014 homeschool convention season. Maybe next time I go to Virginia I'll get to see a little more of it. Or maybe not... ya just never know!

Upcoming Travels

This past week was our annual training conference at Sonlight. It's a time when the convention consultants get together to learn about any changes for the new catalog and prepare for the upcoming convention season. It's something I look forward to every year, but it's always an intense week.

This year was a little different since I now go into work at Sonlight every day. It was still a lot of fun, though. I learned a lot and enjoyed the fellowship, as usual.

I'm very excited about all the traveling I will be doing this year. Last year I flew to two of my events. This year I will be flying to all of them except one... and I will be going to a total of 9 within 3 months' time!

Here's what my schedule looks like:

• March 14-15. Loveland, Colorado. 
• April 11-12. Duluth, Minnesota. 
• April 16. Soldotna, Alaska. 
• April 17-18. Anchorage, Alaska. 
• April 21-22. Fairbanks, Alaska. 
• April 24-26. Redmond, Washington. 
• May 15-17. Des Moines, Iowa. 
• June 5-7. Richmond, Virginia. 
• June 12-14. Puyallup, Washington.

I would love to drive to all these events. Well, actually, I would love for Lyle to drive to all these events, and I would be the enthusiastic passenger and picture-taker-along-the-way... but that's not the way it will work out this year. Flying in doesn't allow time for much sight-seeing or visiting friends, but in spite of that, I am still looking forward to it.

Life is always an adventure!