Hot Time in the Big D

[On location in Frisco, Texas]
My first excursion to Texas has been a very pleasant one so far. I’ve had a great time thus far at the Grad Resources national Christian grad student leaders conference. It’s been very valuable, and this year’s theme has been about building community in our Christian grad groups around the country. The conference is at someone’s ranch about 30 miles north of Dallas, in rural Celina (I’d post a picture or two, but I seem to have forgotten my camera USB cable back at Penn State, bummer, guess all y’all will just have to wait till at least Monday night). Most everyone is also staying up at the ranch, but five of us are staying at someone else’s house down in Frisco (about 15 miles north of Dallas and an actual suburb) — I’ll tell more about that story next time too.
I’m also very grateful that we’ve had the cloudy remnants of Tropical Storm Erin lingering around here too, because it’s really kept the temp down: it’s only been in the low 90s, when it’d normally be around 105 here this time of year. I’m definitely not conditioned to be playing basketball in even that heat though, especially not after some tennis. 🙂
But anyway, I’m quite tired and must get some sleep. Tomorrow will be another busy day, with conference wrap-up around 11 or noon or so, and then everyone migrates to the airport. My flight to Harrisburg doesn’t leave until 5:30 or so, so it’ll be gettin on close to midnight before I roll back into State College probably. I’m really considering not using an alarm clock on Monday morning, considering how tired I know I’ll be from this whirlwind trip. Hmmmm, that idea’s sounding better by the minute!