April 5, 2007

  •   I haven't been able to update much ever since the New York trip that was a week and a half ago.

      New York, New York Day 1

    I had long ballroom practice Sunday night. I came home, packed, and fell asleep around 12AM but woke up at 4 to head off to the airport. I left at 4:30 but I forgot my wallet back in my other pants. I drove back and was off at 5. I arrived at the airport at 5:30.

    My company has a separate line for Thomson employees. I walked straight up to the counter and asked for a shuttle ticket to NY at 6. At the same time, a call came in for the boarding call for that flight. "Nice, I arrived just in time"

    Wrong. It turns out that one of the new policies for us airways is that I now have dividend miles. That makes no sense. "Ok, whatever? Where do I sign up?"
    He replies, "Online.... "

    Nice. Now I'm at the airport without my laptop and no access to the internet. After some calls, I had my account set up and set to go... at 6:05 PM. 5 minutes after the 6 o'clock shuttle left the airport. Nice...

    I take the 7 o'clock shuttle. It was a fantastic morning so there were no delays. The middle seats were left open so I had plenty of space to relax and catch some quick shut eye. 31 minutes later, I was already in NY. Holy crap. It's faster than my morning commute to Boston.

    I grab the nearest cab and we're on our way to Lower Manhattan. Driving in NY is so much different than it is in Boston. The commute to Boston has an aggressive driver every so often. Mostly we're nonchalant about letting people get in front of us. However, driving in NY (especially in a cab) is another experience entirely. Much like martial arts, you spend your time keeping a delicate balance of driving aggressively and defensively while at the same time chewing out bad drivers who don't check their blind spots. The lanes are narrower and the traffic is ridiculous. I arrived at 8:45am. 15 minutes after my meeting had started. Hurray. Not so much.

    In NY, I was given so much water, I had to stop every 30 minutes for a pee break. I kid you not. Every hour I'd be taking two trips to the bathroom. For the entire day? I went 16 times.

    I checked into my hotel which was conveniently right around the corner. Literally. The Hilton Millenium is a very nice hotel. It doesn't hurt to have a king sized bed, 42 inch plasma tv, and the Nintendo Gamecube hooked up to your tv. The company was having a little get together after work to introduce ourselves to management and get to know some of my fellow attendees. It was a pretty good experience. I kicked ass at the pool tables and got to know some guys who could quote the entire movie of Anchorman. Nice.

    Afterwards, I headed back to the hotel and crashed into bed.

       

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