Friday: We went to JFK in the early a.m. and had to go through security twice because they changed our terminal at the last minute. Flew to Houston, had a terrible time trying to get to our connecting flight (the airport shuttle was not operating), but got to the right place with much time to spare... We just thought we were an hour late 'cause our phones didn't time zone change. From Houston to Reno. Gained 3 hours. Hungry, tired, stiff... I don't sleep well on airplanes, but my body doesn't know what else to do.
Met up with Maria and Anna... Eventually with Lenny. Had food, saw some customers, and generally just hung out because the next day was the beginning of the madness.

Saturday: Early morning breakfast that we attend but don't eat at (we go for the announcements and hang in the back). We had appointments, which all went extremely well, and had to start stage 1 of setting up the buying room. We had two show events that evening; a cocktail reception where we get to hang casually with the jewelers, and the special messageboard party (which is populated by the people that use the organization's website to chat and hang out with one another), where we got to be far more casual. Had some drinks, spent time with 2 of my favorites, and went to sleep afterwards, very tired.

Sunday: General Session, where the org makes their announcements... early morning again... buying set-up stage 2. And here I sit. Room opens at 1:30. And then we begin.