I Could Cry, I'm So Proud!

Way to Go Maureen! YAY!

Just Late Enough

As I pulled into the parking garage at the airport yesterday, the gates of hell opened up about Bush Intercontinental Airport. Echoing through the hollowed levels of the parking garage, nearby lightening strikes and the accompanying thunder almost made me wet my pants. So, there was no big surprise when I walked into the airport and saw that my flight (along with pretty much all other flights) was delayed. The thing about the terminal I fly out of, is that it is an express jet terminal. Designed to move a lot of people in and out quickly, it doesn’t handle the overflow of people resulting from so many delayed and cancelled flights. You know its bad when you are still only halfway down the terminal hallway and people are lining the walls and waiting for their flights. Needless to say, my flight was delayed twice more, finally pulling away from the gate 3 hours late. I was hoping that the pilot would make up some time in the air, so that I could still pick up my rental car, but no….we landed at 12:55am….Avis closes at 1am. So, I took a cab to my hotel (the hotel shuttle stops running at Midnight), climbed into bed and passed out.

Fortunately, the hotel shuttle driver didn’t mind taking me to Avis this morning, so I picked up the car and I’m now at work….

Ah, the joys of business travel. :(

Bowling

Well, I’m still in Kentucky….will be until the middle of June. At that point I will switch from traveling here every week to traveling to New Orleans every week. It’s not bad, I’ve gotten used to it. I really don’t mind the travel (I asked for it), but I will admit that I get annoyed with it (mainly on Sunday afternoons when I’m getting in my car to go to the airport). I am grateful that I’m working with a large team of people here and that I do actually like all of them.

Every few weeks, we try and have a team event. Some fun thing that gets us all out of the office, with an open bar, and the idea that we’ll get to know one another better. It’s not always fancy, and often time is just a dinner at a really nice restaurant. Once a quarter, they’ll really spoil us by doing something like the Reds game we went to a few weeks ago. Last night, we went bowling. We all played a few games, ate quite a bit, drank quite a bit more….all in all, I think it was a success. I was worried, because I had to plan this event. While I don’t think we stayed on budget (not my fault….Management said to have an open bar when I presented them with the figures….if they’re delusional thinking that 14 people are going to keep the beverage tab under $130, it’s not my fault), but everyone had a great time. Fortunately for me, the team that I was on had two members who could carry by poor score. No one was great, but there were some impressive shots (and one very impressive break dance).