Hot! Hot! Hot!
Las Vegas is sizzling. The digital display in the car said the outside temperature was 112 degrees when we drove into Las Vegas yesterday. Add to that the 20-mile-per-hour winds, and it feels like I’m standing in front of a blow dryer. A very large blow dryer. Fortunately, it is comfortably cool inside the Las Vegas Convention Center, where we are manning our booth at SHRM’s annual conference and exposition. While we were setting up our booth yesterday, a pigeon came waddling up the aisle. Apparently, he and several buddies live in the rafters of the convention center. Smart pigeons, I say. It’s 112 degrees outside.
I met so many lovely, delightful HR people today. A disproportionately large number of them were from Virgina. They just came to Vegas to get away from the heat, I guess. One of these Virginians completely made my day. Her name is Lakecia, and she’s my new best friend; she told me that she reads my blog! And she wasn’t just saying that to be nice, either. She actually reads it. She specifically mentioned some of my blog entries and begged me to write more often. It made me inordinately happy. It’s just so good to know that someone out there is reading and benefiting from my blog. And Lakecia, I have something for you, so if your read this while you’re still in Vegas, please come back to booth 1898 and find me.
Anyone else in Las Vegas reading this? Come to booth 1898. I’ve got something for you, too.