Convention day 1

We were up eating breakfast by 8 and off to downtown Lexington by 9. We arrived without trouble and parked on the 5th floor of the parking garage. Our room was not ready but we weren't without occupation. We had to check in, and I had to hurry off to my 2 hour choir rehearsal. Evelyn came in to watch toward the end and then we rushed to our hotel to see if we could check in. We still couldn't but did see Tom and Janet. They were going to a session but we weren't. We walked around the near area and found a famous restaurant across the street. We shared a "hot brown", a chicken breast on toast covered with a sauce. It is a favorite around Kentucky but is not hot nor brown. It was good however. We happened to go to a small clothing store having a grand opening located in the Victorian mall where the restaurant was. Evelyn went in to see their clothes and came out announcing they had tuxedo trousers for $5. She wants me to get something formal for our January cruise and the price was right. I plan to wear things only once and don't want to pay some outrageous price for them. We found a pair that fit and a shirt also. Both were $5 each. The funny part was that Evelyn looked around while I was changing and noticed how big the women's shoes were. To shorten the story, she suspected this might be a shop for transvesties. We left and forgot some bags we had been given at the convention, so I had to return for them. Sure enough, there was a large man with a dress over his arm looking at accessories to go with it. What a joke on us. We returned to the convention center for the opening worship service. I sang in the choir and we were blessed with Holy Communion. Evelyn sat in the back with Janet (Tom was an usher) and said the choir was not very loud. I know the tenors had a terrible time with one of the selections. But I think the Lord was blessed in the service. We had paid for a dinner and went after checking in to our room. I had to go to the car to bring our items in and take my "transvestite" items to it. Evelyn was able to take a short nap and off we went to the dinner. The entree was delicious pork loin and green beans with good rolls and a nice dessert. Evelyn carried much of hers back to our room. We have a cooler with ice so it will keep. We went to attend a "float building party". It was a presentation about building the Lutheran Hour float for the Rose Bowl parade. We enjoyed the enthusiasm of the presenters and would like to go help sometime. We will not likely go as long as I am preaching in south Texas. We also enjoyed a root beer float provided by the hotel. We returned to our room and went to bed on our sleep number bed. This was the first time we had slept on one. Evelyn wanted her side soft and set it on 30. I put mine on 55. I slept better than she did.