Pittsburgh.

March 26 through 28 I went to the ACES (American Copy Editors Society) conference for work. The conference was in Pittsburgh, a city I'd never been to before, so it was quite the adventure. Luckily I had a work friend going with me. I was so nervous about the extended leave away from Jack. I had this fear that he would need me and I wouldn't be there. But with a combination of Matt, my mother-in-law, and my father-in-law, Jack was well taken care of.

I have to admit, though, that the idea of getting away for four days alone in a hotel room sounded so cathartic. I almost never get alone time anymore, and this was FOUR days of it. I didn't even know what to do with myself. I took baths every night, read books, watched shows. Oh ya, and I also went to the conference. It was actually really fascinating. I enjoyed most of the sessions and it motivated me to come back to work and edit like a pro. It was weird being surrounded by so many people that did what I did. Camilla and I made friends pretty easily (considering we are introverts), and we talked regularly of grammar.

We explored the downtown area a bit. It was snowy and smoggy the whole four days we were there, so it wasn't the ideal setting. At one point we were searching for this bookstore I found online for about an hour. We walked in circles not realizing it was inside a mall, like in a Macy's. By the time we got there it was about 10 minutes shy of closing, but it was fun all the same.

It was a fun little trip and even though I am not in love with Pittsburgh, it was still great to go to a new place to get my wiggles out.