This was possibly the longest day ever lived.

Its 11:49 p.m. I am finally in my room, in my jammies, and the bed is calling my name. That bitch.

After leaving my room around 8:15 this morning, I spent no more than 10 - 15 minutes at a crack up here. We jokingly call this hotel the "biodome" but what was first freakish (an "indoor outdoors") is now hella-cool (constantly 72 deg though it looks as though you're outside, in Dallas...in August).

At one point during the day, I ran up here to freshen up a bit and grab a few essentials, when I walked out the door and had a second thought.

"Self," I thought, "what if you get carded, at this evening's festivities, 23.4 miles away on the opposite side of campus? You might want to take your ID with you."

"Self," I thought, "that's probaby a pretty freakin' good idea."

So I walked myself back down the hall from the elevator, and seeing that my next session started in seven minutes on the other side of planet earth, I rushed into the room, practically jogging.

Which is a bad idea in heels, when you're not such a coordinated person, and you don't know the layout of said hotel room cuz you've been in it, awake, for all of 4.17 minutes.

I cracked. My leg. On the footboard. Of the bed.

Expletives that I long ago forgot about came streaming out of my mouth. In rapid succession.

I immediately reached down and felt my poor leg, and an egg the size of a golf ball stood out immediately. (Why are they always golf ball sized? I guess I'm just thankful this one wasn't the size of a grapefruit. Golf balls and grapefruits - those are pretty much your only size-comparison objects, apparently.)

With golf ball sized lump, I hobbled back to the conference center and spent another five hours shmoozing and woozing it up (yes, yes, boozing, too). Tomorrow promises to be a shorter day, and my speaking engagement is for 9 am. After I cross that lil' baby off my "to do" list, its smooth sailing!

I think I may even book an appointment for a massage in the spa!

Update: I finally have a break from the conference and want to share that my presentation was very well received this morning. Audience participation was great (not too many questions, not too little) and I can now breathe a sigh of relief. I made it through without looking like an ass! Now...to call and book that spa appointment...