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When I agreed to go to the convention in Ontario this weekend, I should have known better than to trust my parents. Sure, I'm already in college and, to the best of my knowledge, pretty decided in my major. But my parents seem to not be able to believe that their darling child is completely uninterested in the insurance business. They are both insurance agents and love their jobs. Me, well, not so much...

I really only went to the convention because they practically begged me to go. I guess they were hoping that I would be converted into an insurance junkie in a “Jehovah's Witness on the Doorstep” sort of way. Maybe they thought I'd discover some latent longing to be an employee at some reputable insurance company like Blue Cross Blue Shield or Allstate.

When I got to the convention, I felt immediately out of the place. There were actually insurance booths set up all over the place, offering free pens and special Ontario insurance quotes. I honestly didn't know how Ontario's insurance quotes were any different from anybody elses, but I knew better than to ask.

My group was ushered into a seminar-type meeting room and it became obvious that I'd fallen victim to the attack of the vicious Insurance Lecture. All too son, a preppy guy walked (more like cavorted) to the front of the room and began explaining the wonderful world of insurance to this group of overly excited people. He started to educate us on the many types of insurance available. Did you know there's such a thing as travel insurance? I spent some time pondering the importance of such a thing as travel insurance.

After a grueling hour of that, we were set loose to presumably attack the booths like a pack of hungry dogs . I surveyed the rows of booths, seeing some that were undeserving targets of silent contempt. I didn't want to come off as a jerk, though, so I feigned politeness and hid my laughs as I passed the table for the Ontario Financial Services Commission. Nothing was actually funny about the commission except for its very existence.

Granted the convention was probably very nice for those who like that sort of thing. I just am not one of those people. But the little trip to Ontario was a nice little vacation, even if I was being fed more about insurance than I'll ever want or need to know.