Christine spent most of Saturday talking with one of the people who she will be working with to receive some IT support. And I mean talking! They spent nearly 6 hours together. I attended some of the sessions, but then escaped to spend some time walking in another section of the Riverwalk that we hadn’t explored.
I went north along the main channel of the San Antonio River. It is just as beautiful as all the other areas that we have explored. All along the way is interesting vegetation, nice walkways, beautiful buildings and lots to see. The only problem is that at this time of the years it’s too darn hot! The temperatures the entire week were nearly 100 degrees with very, very high humidity. Within minutes of fast-paced walking, one is drenched in perspiration. After an hour of walking, I was definitely ready for a cold drink and air conditioning.
The conference wrapped up at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. We arranged to meet up with some friends who we always look forward to seeing. Karen Fox-Acosta received a Lifetime Achievement Award from AHDI this year for her many years of service and advocacy in support of the medical transcription industry. We’ve gotten to know Karen and Linda well over the last decade of so, mostly meeting at this yearly conference. We had a nice dinner with them and it was lovely spending time catching up.
And amazingly, the week has flown by and it was time to pack up and get ready for our very early departure (5:00 a.m.) departure from the hotel to the airport on Sunday morning.
Despite a crashed computer, Christine is excited again about the prospects for TQAudit, which is nice to see. I enjoyed give my presentation, which I haven’t done in several years. Most people hate public speaking, but I rather enjoy it, so it was nice to experience that again. So it was a great week in San Antonio. But it’s time to go home, and I for one, am totally ready to get home.
There’s no place like home!
Sounds like a wonderful time was had in San Antonio (except for the computer issue). I have been to San Antonio several times and have always enjoyed it. Other than the Alamo, however, we have not visited any of the other missions, so I really enjoyed learning more about them. We enjoy the town of New Braunfels a little north of San Antonio because of its German heritage. They have wonderful authentic German cuisine there. Since we always drove to San Antonio from Austin, we would also stop in San Marcos to enjoy Aquarena Springs when the girls were younger.