Defeat and Victory marry to make: Orlando

Okay, so we were, at first, deeply bummed that we didn't manage to win the Toyota minivan. But then we realized what we'd had in mind was a HYBRID minivan, so we figured it just wasn't our time..., yet.

Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Karen, Rome had actually been meditating deeply upon our upcoming team building session at the ASTD (American Society for Training and Development) Conference. (This is why we drove all this way and why we are in Orlando.)

Thus, our team building session this afternoon went well... a smashing success, I believe....

Honestly, it's what we do: we get people to remember they make something cool happen and have fun at the same time.

Details: We're at the Days Inn off International Drive, which is not a "conference hotel" but is close to the convention center, a Walgreen's and a neighborhood market. It's clean, has door that open to the great outdoors (in case we need to sand some bachi or something) and is old enough to have a real-size swimming pool.

I had written a bit more, about how hard Rome was going to work as I sat by the pool reading Jane Austin, but the network choked and all my words were lost. Now I must sleep. So, your intrepid taiko adventurers call it a day, and hope you've had a good one, too.
K