I was in NJ last week. We had to drive and carpool in order to save money. That meant that Asian co-worker and I had to pick up the rental car, drive to Concord, MA to pick up three co-workers, and then drive to a location off of I-91 in CT to pick up one more co-worker before driving to Lincroft, NJ.
Every night consisted of team dinners. We had training that was geared toward us the first day and then hosted our customers the other two. The team dinners were fun since I only get to see some of the people once or twice a year. If I logged in at all from the hotel it was so that I could try to stay on top of my email from work since it tends to get out of control if not handled on a daily basis.
I don't sleep well in hotels and really only got a good night's sleep the last night there. The drive back on Thursday took 7.5 hours and I got home a little before 11pm.
Friday was spent catching up and now I'm working this afternoon on configuring some equipment for a demo next week. I don't typically deal with the implementation/configuration side of things so it is taking more time than I'd like to get it done. It doesn't help that a couple of the pieces of equipment are old and a nightmare to configure under perfect conditions.
The only plus is that Youngest Daughter's soccer game just got canceled because of rain so I don't have to drop everything to attend that. Gee, something is wrong with that...I'm happy that something fun is canceled so I can work...
Posted by bbarton at May 22, 2005 10:32 AMHi Bob,
I've got something to distract you from work for a few minutes! I couldnt find an email address, so thought I'd leave a comment to say I've tagged you, and passed a meme onto you my post today, if you want to take up the challenge...
*There* you are! I hear you on the not sleeping well in hotels. I always bring my own linens and pillows too. Yeah, I'm a freak...but you already knew that.
Welcome home!
Posted by: lu on May 22, 2005 06:52 PM