I’ve never been to Las Vegas, and was looking forward to going for the first time this week for SQL Connections. SQLServerCentral is sponsoring a track and I was looking forward to speaking to a new group of people that doesn’t usually come to the PASS Summit.

That’s off now and it looks like I’m not meant for Vegas at this time. I have cancelled my trip, and won’t be attending the show.

I would like to go, I was planning on it, and slightly dreading turning around for another trip so soon. As late as Saturday afternoon, as I was driving back from the airport, returning from Seattle and the SQL PASS conference.

Then I got a call from my wife. I’d left her a message when I arrived in Denver, and as I got off the highway, my cell phone rang.

“Hi honey, glad you’re home from Seattle. I broke my arm.”

That was the welcome home for me. I immediately turned and headed to the hospital where I found my wife. She’s fine, in fact, more annoyed by the experience than hurt. She’s also more worried about the young colt she was working with than herself.

However with a spiral fracture of her forearm, and a hard splint until Wednesday, I can’t leave her alone. Between the need to feed horses, an older dog that needs help standing up, and kids, we aren’t confident that she could manage without hurting the fracture more.

She could manage, but she’d likely do too much, and turn what should be a simple fracture into something that needs surgery. That’s the big reason I need to be home.

So I’ll miss SQL Connections, a show that I’ve never been to. But I plan on going next year, and being prepped for a couple presentations. We’ve had bad luck with this trip, as another speaker also had to cancel due to medical issues with his family. I’ve learned that you need to be sure you have an extra presentation or two in your bag, just in case.