Back from the IVAA Summit in San Francisco

It’s good to be home (but more on that later).

Yesterday morning I arrived home from an action-packed summit in San Francisco. We had a great representation of DVVAAs (Delaware Valley Virtual Assistant Association) members who all flew from the Delaware Valley (PA, NJ, and DE) out to San Fran.

All in all, I believe there were about 69 attendees. We enjoyed networking, dining, sightseeing, oh yeah, and learning. While there, I almost completely lost my voice (I was coming off a fever/cold earlier in the week). Fortunately, by Friday for my presentation, I had enough back that I could croak out my presentation, which I think went pretty well. I did get some good feedback after it (and btw, for any IVAA summit attendees who want my notes from the presentation or a copy of my Powerpoint presentation, send me an email).

Now for the not-so-fun part….by Saturday afternoon I was beginning to feel miserable again during our sight-seeing. When we got back to the hotel, I took my temperature and it was 102. (and no, I don’t always travel with thermometer! I had used my boys’ travel bathroom bag because it is smaller, and I had noticed the day before there was a thermometer stuck in one of the compartments I hadn’t noticed when I unpacked it. It must have been in there from a previous trip. I think Candy and Lanel thought I was a traveling hypochondriac!). So, Candy and Lanel, the sweethearts they are, took care of me, went out and bought souveneirs for my kids, and Lanel drove me to the airport.

So I made it through the long flights, came home and got into bed at 10 a.m. Sunday morning. Between then and 6:30 this morning, I think I was awake for 6 hours. I didn’t know it was possible to sleep that long, but I must have needed it. I’m still feeling wiped out and my voice is gone, but I’m on the mend! If anyone needs to get in touch with me today, please email, because I can only whisper!