Thursday, June 19, 2008
Good Times...
Anyway, once training is over, I have to get in my rental and drive to the airport. I basically have only the "required" amount of time for the drop off and pre-screening duties. Once I am in the airport, I will sit and wait for my flight for an hour or so. Then I get to head home.
Once again, I must get going I have a ton of stuff that I need to do and I can't just was my time typing on this blog.
I know many of you wanted something a little more exciting to read, well excitement isn't part of the trip when you have to go for training. (and it's a little far for scratz to drive and bail me out of jail)
ttyl
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Sunrise...
Anyways, Last night I drove around the Baltimore area for a little bit, got lost with the gps, and then went to eat at Ruby Tuesday's. (long story, will have to post that one later)
There are two things that I have notice about the people of this area more than anything else. First, they all LOVE sports. It doesn't matter what sport they are talking about but they all have their favorites. The people will go out of their way to talk to other people about sports. This includes cars stopped at stoplights, people sitting at different tables in a restaurant, or even during a training meetings. When I say talk about sports, They really talk about sports. From the stats of certain players, to who "their" team is scouting for the year. It's pretty interesting to see both men and WOMEN talk so adamantly about their "team". I made the mistake of wearing my Michigan State hat to a few places now and apparently I should be shot. Who knew that the Spartans were so disliked by this area.
Second, every one here LOVES crab. If you go to any of the restaurants, the first thing on the menu is crab or crab cakes. Do you have to like seafood just because you live by the sea? The answer is apparently yes. Luckily they still have other things to eat because if I had to eat seafood or crab I would end up starving to death. I wasnt born with the taste for fish. I have tried many different types of fish and many different ways to cook the fish, but I have always had the same results, it tastes like fish. YUCK. If there was a third thing that I have noticed, it would be that no one believes I am from UT, They say all the UTahn's have some strange accent. So I guess that is a good thing.
Well, I was going to add a few more stories to this long blog, but my alarm is going off which is telling me I need to get out the door to go learn some more exciting stuff from the NSA.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Bright and Early...
You know it's a great place when there is a bottle opener in the bathroom!
Monday, June 16, 2008
It's Late
I will post more in the morning after training.
OHIO?????
For the last 5 hours, I sat by my new temporary friends. You know the friends you meet on a plane and they tell you their life story. My new friend is a nurse at the Ohio eye institute, they were heading back from Vegas where they spent time with their aunt Bonnie. Oh, I just found out that we will be delayed for about an hour due to a bad weather pattern in Baltimore. Back to my story, Bonnie is an 80+ year old lady that is a real estate person in Vegas. She lets her family come out to her condo whenever they want and shows them a great time. The other temporary friend didn’t talk as much, she was more concerned about the fact that she was scheduled for 3 meetings tomorrow at 0800am and has no idea how she is going to make it to the meetings. The rest of the time, she slept with her mouth open with her head lying against the window.
Anyways, that is about all for this quick blog, I must find something to eat. I haven’t had anything since my jalapeño bagel this morning.
Catch you all later.
Vegas Baby....
Luckily I have my majic phone that allows me to connect to the internet. without it I think I would be lost. I cant believe they dont have free internet at these places. For the amount of time people spend here and how much money they waste at the gift shops, you would think they would give the internet to you.
Well, thats all for now. I must make a phone call and check in. Since I cant play on the internet and talk on the phone at the same time. I will blog again later.
SLC airport
Here I am sitting in my airport concourse at the SLC airport. Not much to tell you about other than they charge an arm and a leg for gum. I had to buy gum because I decided to eat a jalapeño bagel with egg and cheese. IT was very tasty, I really was going to go for the assiago cheese bagel; however I figured a little spice in the morning is very good. One thing I have noticed it that the airport does not have air-conditioning or at least they do not have it turned on. It is soooooo hot in here, I cant wait to sit by a sweaty stinky person for a nice long flight.
Luckily, I am not wearing a suit, like the guy 10 feet from me, he must be dying.
I honestly think it is at least 90 deg in here. The next stop is Vegas, I plan on wining big so I don’t have to work anymore. The travel thing is fine, but I would rather have millions of dollars so I could relax in a pool and drink margaritas all day and night. That’s all for this stop, but keep watching. I plan to out blog the other business traveler by a mile. J