Sunday, October 29, 2006
Saturday and Sunday
It's Sunday evening already. I've been here less than 48 hours, but it has been 2 1/2 days since I left home. So much has happened and yet nothing has happened. The main event is yet to come.
I started out Saturday morning quite predictably by going to my cousin's first kung fu test. Just kidding. I really didn't see that one coming! She is 6 years old and was trying to earn her first fringe on her white belt. It was all quite fascinating.
By lunchtime, we were ready to head back to the showroom. It was a one-hour trip that lasted over 2 1/2 hours. Construction, apparently.
I did get a chance to show my cousins a lot of the rabbits. They seemed to really like seeing such different rabbits, especially the English Angoras. I enjoyed giving them the grand tour.
Next, I met up with my roommate and got settled into the hotel room. Then it was back to the showroom to officially check in and continue with getting the rabbits settled in. Virtually none were eating and drinking. The only thing that seemed to universally tempt them was the Oxbow hay. A few liked the dehydrated banana/pineapple chunks I brought. But most are being quite stubborn about eating.
My roommate's luggage never arrived. I began to feel pretty fortunate that my trip the previous day hadn't been worse. Apparently many people were still without their rabbits and/or luggage. I heard the same stories, over and over. The details were different, but the story was the same: everything that could go wrong, did.
Eleven more of my bunnies arrived on Sunday; they had ridden in with friends from North Carolina. Two went straight to folks who had purchased them. I cooped the remaining nine.
Thanks, Keith, for saving the day. My feed did not make it here and the manufacturer didn't send any. Thankfully, Keith brought a bag and was willing to share with me. I thank you and my bunnies thank you!
Here is the reality of Convention, if you take a fair number of bunnies. You go from coop to coop, perhaps to put in risers, feed, water, groom, clean the coop, lock the coop, unlock the coop, or something else. By the time you make it to your last coop, it is time to go through them again to do another item from the list!
Even with making the rounds several times to my coops, I had some free time to visit with people and look at bunnies. I went to the judge's conference in the afternoon. There was plenty of time after that for shopping the vendors and just going with the flow.
I purchased two Standards of Perfection. I keep losing mine. If you see one lying around somewhere with my name on it, please send it back to me. I'd be happy to pay postage!
By evening, I was starving. I had some wonderful Tex-Mex food and then headed back to the Hilton to write my BLOG and watch Desperate Housewives.
The trick tonight will be trying to get some sleep with such an exciting day just around the corner.
Laurie Stroupe
The Nature Trail Rabbitry ¶ 9:28 PM
I started out Saturday morning quite predictably by going to my cousin's first kung fu test. Just kidding. I really didn't see that one coming! She is 6 years old and was trying to earn her first fringe on her white belt. It was all quite fascinating.
By lunchtime, we were ready to head back to the showroom. It was a one-hour trip that lasted over 2 1/2 hours. Construction, apparently.
I did get a chance to show my cousins a lot of the rabbits. They seemed to really like seeing such different rabbits, especially the English Angoras. I enjoyed giving them the grand tour.
Next, I met up with my roommate and got settled into the hotel room. Then it was back to the showroom to officially check in and continue with getting the rabbits settled in. Virtually none were eating and drinking. The only thing that seemed to universally tempt them was the Oxbow hay. A few liked the dehydrated banana/pineapple chunks I brought. But most are being quite stubborn about eating.
My roommate's luggage never arrived. I began to feel pretty fortunate that my trip the previous day hadn't been worse. Apparently many people were still without their rabbits and/or luggage. I heard the same stories, over and over. The details were different, but the story was the same: everything that could go wrong, did.
Eleven more of my bunnies arrived on Sunday; they had ridden in with friends from North Carolina. Two went straight to folks who had purchased them. I cooped the remaining nine.
Thanks, Keith, for saving the day. My feed did not make it here and the manufacturer didn't send any. Thankfully, Keith brought a bag and was willing to share with me. I thank you and my bunnies thank you!
Here is the reality of Convention, if you take a fair number of bunnies. You go from coop to coop, perhaps to put in risers, feed, water, groom, clean the coop, lock the coop, unlock the coop, or something else. By the time you make it to your last coop, it is time to go through them again to do another item from the list!
Even with making the rounds several times to my coops, I had some free time to visit with people and look at bunnies. I went to the judge's conference in the afternoon. There was plenty of time after that for shopping the vendors and just going with the flow.
I purchased two Standards of Perfection. I keep losing mine. If you see one lying around somewhere with my name on it, please send it back to me. I'd be happy to pay postage!
By evening, I was starving. I had some wonderful Tex-Mex food and then headed back to the Hilton to write my BLOG and watch Desperate Housewives.
The trick tonight will be trying to get some sleep with such an exciting day just around the corner.
Laurie Stroupe
The Nature Trail Rabbitry ¶ 9:28 PM
