Checking and travel plans
Sorry for the quick post, I am on dial up and there is only so much I can take. :) If I dropped out of sight this week (and I did, so more to the point if anybody noticed I dropped out of sight this week...) it's because I was trying to wrap up two projects before heading off to meet with clients in New Jersey. It was kind of a last minute, whirlwind trip. I worked all weekend and Monday and Tuesday, worked half of Wednesday, flew to Philadelphia with Scott and Kevin, drove to Trenton and slept, then had a meeting until 2 yesterday, drove back to the airport and they got on the plane back.
Normally I would have gone with them and then been back at work today. I know they are, from the number of times my cell phone has rung. :) But since I was right here in Philadelphia, my mom would have hunted me down and hurt me if I hadn't visited. ;) So I took the day off and spent last night and this morning with my family and then I fly back to Kansas City in the morning.
All in all, it's been a very good trip. I wish I had more time here to just relax, but at least I get a day off and chance to see my family. And then when I get back, I'll have the weekend to decompress a little before I get back to work and the Iowa project picks up again. And, like I said, all in all a good trip. I'm sure I'll post more details next week, but... seriously, dial up is driving me crazy. :)
But I can't help but share one story. I was flying in to my lay over in Detroit on Wednesday and I'd actually fallen asleep. I never sleep on planes, because I can't even really fall asleep sitting up in my own house, but I was so exhausted I kept drifting in and out. So I finally woke up just as we were starting to descend, and my mind was still a little foggy, but I heard the co-pilot welcome us to Detroit on behalf of our captain, Ted Striker. And my brain wasn't quite clear enough to concentrate on two things at once, so I have no idea what he said after that. Stuff about weather, I'm sure. Personally, I just sat there thinking to myself...
Ted Striker???
Who is that? I definitely know a guy named Ted Striker...
It was in a movie, I think, and it definitely had something to do with being a pilot...
Ted Striker... Captain Ted Striker...
Oh yeah!
Jeez, what a horrible name for a pilot to have!!
Surely he can't be serious!
And then I just started laughing out loud and people looked at me really funny. But that's not unusual. :)
Normally I would have gone with them and then been back at work today. I know they are, from the number of times my cell phone has rung. :) But since I was right here in Philadelphia, my mom would have hunted me down and hurt me if I hadn't visited. ;) So I took the day off and spent last night and this morning with my family and then I fly back to Kansas City in the morning.
All in all, it's been a very good trip. I wish I had more time here to just relax, but at least I get a day off and chance to see my family. And then when I get back, I'll have the weekend to decompress a little before I get back to work and the Iowa project picks up again. And, like I said, all in all a good trip. I'm sure I'll post more details next week, but... seriously, dial up is driving me crazy. :)
But I can't help but share one story. I was flying in to my lay over in Detroit on Wednesday and I'd actually fallen asleep. I never sleep on planes, because I can't even really fall asleep sitting up in my own house, but I was so exhausted I kept drifting in and out. So I finally woke up just as we were starting to descend, and my mind was still a little foggy, but I heard the co-pilot welcome us to Detroit on behalf of our captain, Ted Striker. And my brain wasn't quite clear enough to concentrate on two things at once, so I have no idea what he said after that. Stuff about weather, I'm sure. Personally, I just sat there thinking to myself...
Ted Striker???
Who is that? I definitely know a guy named Ted Striker...
It was in a movie, I think, and it definitely had something to do with being a pilot...
Ted Striker... Captain Ted Striker...
Oh yeah!
Jeez, what a horrible name for a pilot to have!!
Surely he can't be serious!
And then I just started laughing out loud and people looked at me really funny. But that's not unusual. :)