I'm off to Dallas!

Yep, I had to travel to Dallas today, for a couple client functions. So, I missed what would have been my last, long Masters swim workout. I really did miss being there this morning!
Surprisingly, the trip to Dallas was uneventful. No crazies on the plane...on time flight...luggage shows up...we're in good shape. Yeah!
My coworker had a b'fast meeting, so I just met him at the hotel and we headed to a lunch appointment. It's always fun meeting people you have talked to many, many times by phone. It's great putting a face to the voice. We had lunch with our clients at a great Italian place. Mmmm.
And, we managed to score a few hours of downtime between lunch and the evening event. This doesn't seem to ever happen. How did I use my time? Well, a NAP, of course!!! I didn't get quite as long as I hoped for, but a nap is always a good thing!
Tonight, we were off to the Horsetrack for a client event. I have never been to a horserace, so I was interested to see how this all worked. It was actually a very fun event. All the clients were so nice, and we were in a really cool suite overlooking the track. It was nice. Before I knew it, the race was over and we were heading back to the hotel. I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't too late either. What a great trip this has been - given I really didn't want to travel so close to the Ironman.