Friday, September 05, 2008
Traveling Fool
Hey all,
Since some of you have actually been reading this blog over the past month, I thought I would go ahead and bless you with yet another ridiculously interesting, yet poignantly unsettling post.
I have gone from ZERO travel in July to going gangbusters since the beginning of August. Well, middle of August. First stop, Princeton, NJ. My first travel for work since before the Fourth of July. That means that I am actually getting paid these days! woohoo. Not that we were eating Ramen, but it is always nice to get back on the company teat. After 4 days in Princeton, I headed to Orlando, FL for my first MonaVie conference. It was mid-Hurricane Fay, so the weather was dark and dreary, but the conference was fan-diddly-astic and I learned a lot and came away more pumped than ever. After that, I was supposed to fly directly to Evansville, IN, but that got cancelled, so I headed home and got to spend the week with Kat and the kiddos.
Over Labor Day, we headed down to Austin...just for a little color commentary, we left Tulsa at 9:30am and arrived in Austin just after 6pm. You do the math. It was more fun than a barrell of monkeys...assuming the top of the barrell was left off. Because if you leave the top on a barrell of monkeys, they probably couldn't breathe so well. I mean, they are cramped in there already, so probably uncomfortable. And then, the lack of any clean air would push them over the top and they would probably start fighting and, I have to say, a barrell full of angry, bloodied monkeys is not something I would ever consider fun. Unless, of course, they were wearing silly hats and maybe silk jockey outfits. That's just me though. :-)
Where was I? Oh yes...we got to Austin on Thursday night and had the big unveiling of the new RV on Friday night. It really makes a huge difference in the whole tailgating experience. I mean, before we got it, we would just hang out and drink and eat and shoot the shit. Now, we can do all that AND we have a bathroom we can use. Don't tell me that is not worth the extra cashola for the RV, the gas, the parking spot, the insurance, etc. I mean, what price can you put on a comfortable bladder? Hmm? That's what I thought.
So, in Austin through Sunday night and then I hopped a plane for Chicago on Monday morning. Stayed there through Thursday and flew directly to Austin. So, that was a 2 1/2 hour flight. Which, surprisingly, was even more enjoyable than the 9 hour drive from Tulsa to Austin. Go figure.
Kat is spending the weekend with me in Austin for her good friend's wedding. Guy who played keyboard in a popular OK band back in the day. Cool guy. Big news is this...Kat left the kids with her parentals!! This is her maiden voyage into going kidless for more than a single evening!! She has been pretty calm about it and only called a couple times to make sure things were happening that needed to happen. Kids are doing great and so are the grandparents. And things in Austin....let's just say we have been making a lot of trips up the street for chips.
So, back to Chicago for the next three weeks and then, who knows. I will keep you updated. Now that I have people reading this thing and I don't give a damn how long I write, I might start doing this a lot more. You will just have to deal with it and spend half your day reading my ramblings. :-)
Much love to all! I am back!!
jak
Since some of you have actually been reading this blog over the past month, I thought I would go ahead and bless you with yet another ridiculously interesting, yet poignantly unsettling post.
I have gone from ZERO travel in July to going gangbusters since the beginning of August. Well, middle of August. First stop, Princeton, NJ. My first travel for work since before the Fourth of July. That means that I am actually getting paid these days! woohoo. Not that we were eating Ramen, but it is always nice to get back on the company teat. After 4 days in Princeton, I headed to Orlando, FL for my first MonaVie conference. It was mid-Hurricane Fay, so the weather was dark and dreary, but the conference was fan-diddly-astic and I learned a lot and came away more pumped than ever. After that, I was supposed to fly directly to Evansville, IN, but that got cancelled, so I headed home and got to spend the week with Kat and the kiddos.
Over Labor Day, we headed down to Austin...just for a little color commentary, we left Tulsa at 9:30am and arrived in Austin just after 6pm. You do the math. It was more fun than a barrell of monkeys...assuming the top of the barrell was left off. Because if you leave the top on a barrell of monkeys, they probably couldn't breathe so well. I mean, they are cramped in there already, so probably uncomfortable. And then, the lack of any clean air would push them over the top and they would probably start fighting and, I have to say, a barrell full of angry, bloodied monkeys is not something I would ever consider fun. Unless, of course, they were wearing silly hats and maybe silk jockey outfits. That's just me though. :-)
Where was I? Oh yes...we got to Austin on Thursday night and had the big unveiling of the new RV on Friday night. It really makes a huge difference in the whole tailgating experience. I mean, before we got it, we would just hang out and drink and eat and shoot the shit. Now, we can do all that AND we have a bathroom we can use. Don't tell me that is not worth the extra cashola for the RV, the gas, the parking spot, the insurance, etc. I mean, what price can you put on a comfortable bladder? Hmm? That's what I thought.
So, in Austin through Sunday night and then I hopped a plane for Chicago on Monday morning. Stayed there through Thursday and flew directly to Austin. So, that was a 2 1/2 hour flight. Which, surprisingly, was even more enjoyable than the 9 hour drive from Tulsa to Austin. Go figure.
Kat is spending the weekend with me in Austin for her good friend's wedding. Guy who played keyboard in a popular OK band back in the day. Cool guy. Big news is this...Kat left the kids with her parentals!! This is her maiden voyage into going kidless for more than a single evening!! She has been pretty calm about it and only called a couple times to make sure things were happening that needed to happen. Kids are doing great and so are the grandparents. And things in Austin....let's just say we have been making a lot of trips up the street for chips.
So, back to Chicago for the next three weeks and then, who knows. I will keep you updated. Now that I have people reading this thing and I don't give a damn how long I write, I might start doing this a lot more. You will just have to deal with it and spend half your day reading my ramblings. :-)
Much love to all! I am back!!
jak
