Okay, picture 12 women from one school and approx 15 to 20 from another school piled into cars with at least 4 or less in them traveling down highway 90 to New Orleans. Sandy, one of our kindergarten teachers, was the leader. She is not your normal everyday person, so with her being the leader was quite an experience. ( Let me clarify, I would not have traded to have her job for anything.) Well, we had instructions from her husband, but they were not exactly clear. So when we came to a very confusing turn, we did the wrong thing. Can you picture 9 to 10 cars going the wrong way’ This is not cute. To make a story short, we made it to the hotel, Hyatt, but the short route was a little longer than we anticipated.
None of us were lost completely. Everyone eventually ended up there within 30 minutes.
The fun had just started. Upon disembarking the hotel informed us they did not have us scheduled for Sunday, but for Monday. We all looked at each other and were aghasted. All we could think was having to find another place for the night, then coming back the next day. They did have rooms though so our reading coach secured the rooms with her credit card. It was quite a sight seeing approx. 40 women unloading and moving to their rooms. Thank heavens, Elaine and I were together. It made it so much nicer being with someone close to my age. We decided not to go out that night since we were tired, and ate at the hotel. The weather was turning ugly also, so I do not believe anyone left.