ABCT Conference

So Thursday afternoon we( Myself and my Lab partner Crystal) flew out of the Wilmington Airport heading to Charlotte.. What a bumpy ride!! We Get to charlotte 40 Minutes late and have 20 minutes to get all the way across the airport to our next flight!!! We made it just in time for another bumpy ride to Orlando, Florida.  By the time we got to Florida we were starved and exhausted so we got food in the airport.. rested for a few before figuring out how we were going to get to our hotel... As we wander through this HUGE airport we find some person who just happen to be going to the same place!! He told us about this shuttle that will take us to the hotel and pick us up for only $32 then we get a discount for being apart of the conference so it was only $28.. this may seem extreme except that a taxi would have cost us $70 one way!!! We ride the shuttle and make it to the hotel just in time to miss registration for the conference so instead we decide to wander around and figure out what this hotel is all about... This place is HUGE! We stayed at the Swan but it is right next to the Dolphin which is where the conference was.. Between the 2 hotels there was 5 restaurants, 4 stores, 1 spa, 1 pool, 1 beach, 3 tennis courts, 2 volleyball courts, and 4 water fountains!! It was crazy nice!! After the expedition around the place we decided to go back to the room and sleep! What we discovered in the room was flat screen tv, Bath and Body works lotions, soaps, ect, starbucks coffee, and 2 bottles of water!! Way cool... except the price! 

Friday.. We have a wakeup call for 6 am.. I slept through it! But lucky Crystal did not and she woke me up by 6:30 to get ready for the BIG PRESENTATION which begins at 8:30.  We have some breakfast and study our posters before heading into the conference hall.  After registering we meeting with our professor who helps us hang the poster and IT BEGINS! we have to stand there in a big adult science fair and give out handouts of the information on the poster and answer any questions people have about the research.. Luckily for me I did not get any difficult questions! It was great! Then it was over  almost as soon as it began.. And we were free to do whatever for the rest of the day!!! We went to a few symposiums where we have people talk about their different kinds of research.. I went and saw Russell Barkley talk!! Which was great he is the guy who developed the theory that all my research is based on!! So that was awesome.. then I went to a few more before heading back to the hotel to rest.. We then decided to go to Downtown Disney for dinner... OMG Downtown disney was unbelievable.. There were statues out of LEGOS, HUGE Rain-forest places that you could EAT at, T-Rex dinosaurs the size of my apartment complex!! INSANE! WE decided to eat at Planet Hollywood which was huge! 4 stories! There was huge statues of creatures from movies and clothing and other articles from the various movies!! I tried to take a picture next to the Nightmare before Christmas exhibit but it was too big and on the stairs so people kept being annoyed.. But the food was Awesome.. the music was so loud it was like being in a nightclub.. After dinner we walked back to the free shuttle and explored the different Disney Stores.. They have disney EVERYTHING!!! It was cool!! After that we took the shuttle and just went to sleep! and Now.. I'm about to get ready for Saturday!! We have a fun filled day planned and more on that TOMORROW!!!