Tuesday August 26, 2008

Well today is day # 3. I woke up to attend my Texas delegation breakfast and it was alright. Too many people talked. lol. After the breakfast I went downstairs and got my credentials for the day. Today I didn't really have anything to go to during to day so I went to my room blogged, relaxed and downloaded some pictures. I finally got dressed and ready and about 2:00pm went to the bar downstairs to get a bite to eat and a drink. Well guess who was sitting next to me was none other than Melissa Noriega which is Rick Noriega's wife. We began talking and then Rick Noriega came downstairs and ate as well. So there I was having lunch with them. They are actually funny and down to earth. After my wonderful meal and wonderful drinks I boarded the bus to the Pepsi Center. Tonight was Hilary's night to speak so all these Hilary folks were bombarding our seats in the front. And they were all from Washington. I had to keep telling them to move over that is my seat. And then when she came on they all started crying and screaming. After she got finished with her speech those folks were still crying. They cried for about another thirty minutes. I'm sorry there is not that much crying in the world. Well we walked out late because a couple of us in the Texas section got interviewed with CBS. So after that was over we walked out well they told us that Hilary would be coming through and we were like cool. Well after about another twenty minutes Hilary and Bill did finally come through. They had to close the doors in front of us so we could only see through the tiny glass in the door. So of course I take a picture and guess what my picture shows me?? A reflection of the glass with a flash. Duh!! Turn it off. Well after I was upset by not getting a picture I finally used the restroom after three hours of holding it. Finally we went downtown to the Black Caucus Reception at the Pinnacle Club on the 38Th floor of the Grand Hyatt. When we got there I felt under dressed. I had on a nice black shirt and some blue jean slacks but everyone else had on skirts and dresses and looked as if they were going to the club after this. Well I got something to eat because I was starving. And there was an open bar. So I had a couple of cape-coders. After we all got through drinking and eating I had received a call from Ibis that the light rail was marked off with murder tape and they weren't letting them leave so of course being the nosy person that I am I called our hotel the Red Lion to ask what the problem was. They told me there was a young man who had a gun and when security tried to pursue him he started shooting. Well they marked off the whole area so this way they could find him. So they weren't letting anyone go until he was found. I told everyone from the Texas Delegation who was at the party to be sure they called a cab don't go on the light rail because there are crazies there. Well we got our cab after waiting about twenty five minutes outside and it wasn't even a cab it was a town car. The town car we were told would cost ten dollars more than a regular cab but we were okay because we just wanted to get home. After getting to the hotel he told us forty bucks. We said hell yeah because that was cheaper than a regular cab. I went in the hotel told a couple of folks good night and went to bed. I crashed so hard. And that was the end of Tuesday!!