So far the trip is going great. Brad’s enjoying lots of sun, and I’m enjoying as much as I can in between conference crap. Some highlights:

• We got three hours of sleep Sunday night before leaving.
• But luckily we got into a room right away at the hotel even though it wasn’t even 9am when we arrived.
• So we got to take a delicious nap before hitting the pool.
• I found a twenty dollar bill in the Phoenix airport, and even though I asked around if anyone had “dropped anything,” there were no takers. I never find lost money, so this was exciting.
• The guy next to me at the training on Tuesday injected himself three times with insulin. I totally respect you’re right to be healthy in public dude, but needles make me nauseous. You’re lucky I didn’t lose my yogurt and granola all over your training manual.
• I think I saw Meryl Streep by the pool. Brad says no. Probably not.

We missed American Idol last night so I have no idea who sucked and who rocked. I’m hoping it’s Jordin and Blake, in that order. However, Jordin is from this part of the country (”The Valley” I guess it’s called), so all the news stations report that the winner is sooo aaahhh-bvious. Hello, Jordin. But I hope they’re wrong. Input? We’re going to try to catch at least the end of the finale tonight, but in case we miss it, I need full reports from all fans.

Day 3 of 10 is nearing a close. Hopefully I can check in again before the end of the trip.