While I was waiting for Jenn's session to be over I succumbed to the need for caffeine and went to Starbucks here in the convention center...
Grande Yukon blend, hot with room for cream...
Mmmmm.....
We met back up and rather than go to dinner we decided to take the YS Store by storm during the Thursday night madness sale... picked up a few books, Jenn got a sweatshirt.
Jenn had to be back at the HerStory Conference at 7:30, so we spent a little time walking around the show floor together, and then she headed back and I walked around the show floor for another 45 minutes or so on my own... There are TONS of summer missions organizations here... I'm kind of glad that we already have a great relationship with Youthworks, b/c it just makes it easier to choose them again and again... If it weren't for that connection already, it would be really hard to decide who to go with...
I was also a little taken aback by the huge number of summer camps that are here based in North Carolina & Tennesee... I know that it shouldn't surprise me, since Atlanta is a prime place to recruit for summer campers... Being so far away from most of the camps though, the people working the booth just assume that I'm a lost cause ( small church in Southern Ohio, bringing a dozen teens 10+ hours for a week of summer camp... ) I hope that it is a good show for them... I wonder what the ratio of Youth Workers who are native to this general area ( within a couple hours of here ) is compared to those of us who came from pretty far away...
Anyhoo....
I'm really tired, and not really looking forward to the walk back to the hotel... People keep coming up to me and asking where my coat is, or if I know how cold it is outside...
Maybe I should wear long sleeves tomorrow. I'm still wearing shorts though.
Maybe one more post before bed... I'm not really sure what our plans are after Jenn gets out of her session.
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