Morning in Texas was 42 degrees to start then improved. We did quite a bit of walking from the Hotel to the Convention Center. Once at the Convention Center we stayed put! 

 We did find restaurants in the River City Mall to eat at and then returned to the Convention Center, for Make and Takes, and I participated in a Focus Group. This was interesting. 

Dinner was quick, delicious and accompanied by drinks :) Quickly then we headed over to the Lila Cockrel Theatre to see the Chinesee Acrobats of Hebei, sorry no pictures, camera battery died. Snapped a few on cell phone, but no flash, so they are not quality pictures.

The acrobats were amazing, the things that they were able to do, which we thought looked painful. Incredible! The small horsdoeuvers, like teraki chicken, potstickers, sesame lo mein w/duck. Made this quite special. A new stamp set, helps make the evening spectacular.

More from San Antonio tomorrow!

Views From San Antonio

Early Morning up at 5:30 a.m. Showered and quickly drank 2 cups of coffee. Load last minute things into suitcase, then in truck. Off to the airport at 7 am. Arrive in plenty of time for 9 am flight to Tampa.

Rush, rush, rush, WAIT. 2 hour layover in Tampa. I did meet some new friends at the airport. Looking forward to running into them again over the next couple of days.

Finally arrived in San Antonio around 5 pm this evening. Temperature is warm. Much warmer than at home. This is a view from the hotel balcony. We are located right on the River Walk.

This is a view from the hotel room, looking down on the River. The river walk is a nice scenic pathway, with many Restaurants, and Hotels located along the rivers edge. It was a lovely walk this evening, which resulted in a little sweat (yeah for me) and maybe a blister on my toes.

I am looking forward to Tomorrow. We will check in and receive our Leadership bags, start swapping. While I have one hundred+ swaps, I already wish that I had more.

 Oh well! Tired girls signing off from San Antonio!

Managers Reception Invitation

I received this cute package in the mail yesterday. It is was a welcome break from all the Christmas preparations. Baking cookies, shopping, planning, decorating, or ideas for decorating while directing Cicely takes time and effort and energy.  

So you can imagine a package arriving at my home, that does not pertain to any one's Christmas presents, was a lovely surprise!   I was also surprised as to the contents. I guessed it might be  chopsticks....?  We are being treated to an evening show with the Chinese Acrobats of Hebei. I knew it would be oriental in nature.

No Chopstick's, but a beautiful oriental fan.

How cool! This makes me excited! I am looking forward to rooming with Carolyn and catching up. While I usually can say that going away to Leadership will provides a trip to warmer weather. This year is not the case. We  are seriously lacking in the snow department.  

I  just have to make it through Christmas first. Then, I will be a tourist at the Alamo!