SJC Airport - Tue, 8 Mar 2022, 12:15pm
2 years, 2 weeks, and 2 days. That is the answer to the question I've posed many times in this blog, How long will it be until I have another business trip?
My last trip for business was 20 Feb 2020,
returning home from a few days of meetings in Las Vegas. Ironically this trip, 2 years, 2 weeks, and 2 days later, is back to the same place for the same reason. It's a sales kickoff event at the Aria in Las Vegas.
Business travel feels like an old muscle I haven't exercised in a while. Last night
I felt a tiny bit stressed about packing... until I started packing then remembered it's a non-issue because I've done it so many times. It's something you never forget once you master it, like riding a bicycle.
The airport was uncrowded today. Well, most of it was uncrowded. There were no lines at security. Most of the gates were empty. I got through the security shuffle that I had plenty of time to go back and look for my hat I lost. It turned out it was all the way out at the baggage check desk. So I got to do the security shuffle twice.
And the mostly empty airport terminal? It was mostly empty because everyone was clustered up at my gate. Most of the gates are empty, yet my flight is going out full. Thankfully my elite status has helped me get a seat that's not too bad of a sardine-can situation.
Well, here I am in seat 11B. The next step is push back, then taxi, then take off. Back to traveling for business!
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