CISOA, Last Day
Wow, seems like I've been here a month! It was so good to see Grant and Brian and Marc and Allen and Sunny and Eric. And a lot more people! And Dave and Mike are excited and APOGEE is really happy because they got a lot of leads.
I went to Grant and Jordan's seminar this morning, which was about something, obviously. But it wasn't too interesting to me. But it was fun to see Jordan presenting. He has Asberger's and he talked really loud and was unintentionally funny, but he doesn't mind. There weren't too many people in their seminar, but their boss came and some other people from the district.
We packed as soon as we got up, and I love that. We had so much swag, we really had to pack smart and that is a fun challenge. I despise packing when I'm getting ready for a trip, because there are too many fraught decisions about what to bring, but coming back, it's a breeze. It's just about how to arrange everything so it fits well.
On the way here, I was having trouble with the suitcase, trying to walk quickly up a ramp. The wheels went askew and my shoe came off, etc, so Mike took my suitcase for me and was my sherpa (according to the stewardess), ha ha! So this time, going back, I wanted to be more in control. But I let Dave and Mike do the heavy lifting. Mike, especially, is very attentive and thoughtful that way, always making sure I didn't get left behind while Dave barrels ahead. So I packed my suitcase carefully.
it was a quck morning of breakfast and goodbyes and a couple of seminars. When we were waiting for the shuttle, Dave asked some man if he was looking forward to going home, and he said he was, four days was too long to be away from home, and I was about to say, "that's why Dave brings me" and Dave beat me to it, putting his arm around me and saying "that's why I bring my wife." And earlier he told me that it always enhances his trip to have me along. Awwww!
The airport was close, the shuttle trip quick. It was raining, so we stood in rain and walked in rain, but not too much. We saw a billion of our colleages at the airport. We had time for lunch there; it was a leisurely wait. However, the plane ride! The plane was slipping and sliding along the tarmac and seemed to have a little trouble with lift-off speed, and then the turbulance as we ascended was terrible! People were saying WHOA! But I really didn't let myself get nervous, and neither did Dave or Mike, but when we landed everyone was so relieved. The captain had to talk about how to keep yourself from throwing up, ha ha! On the shuttle back, one man said it was the worst turbulence he had ever experienced and he flew a lot!
A quick ride to Mike's car and we were on our way home!
I went to Grant and Jordan's seminar this morning, which was about something, obviously. But it wasn't too interesting to me. But it was fun to see Jordan presenting. He has Asberger's and he talked really loud and was unintentionally funny, but he doesn't mind. There weren't too many people in their seminar, but their boss came and some other people from the district.
We packed as soon as we got up, and I love that. We had so much swag, we really had to pack smart and that is a fun challenge. I despise packing when I'm getting ready for a trip, because there are too many fraught decisions about what to bring, but coming back, it's a breeze. It's just about how to arrange everything so it fits well.
On the way here, I was having trouble with the suitcase, trying to walk quickly up a ramp. The wheels went askew and my shoe came off, etc, so Mike took my suitcase for me and was my sherpa (according to the stewardess), ha ha! So this time, going back, I wanted to be more in control. But I let Dave and Mike do the heavy lifting. Mike, especially, is very attentive and thoughtful that way, always making sure I didn't get left behind while Dave barrels ahead. So I packed my suitcase carefully.
it was a quck morning of breakfast and goodbyes and a couple of seminars. When we were waiting for the shuttle, Dave asked some man if he was looking forward to going home, and he said he was, four days was too long to be away from home, and I was about to say, "that's why Dave brings me" and Dave beat me to it, putting his arm around me and saying "that's why I bring my wife." And earlier he told me that it always enhances his trip to have me along. Awwww!
The airport was close, the shuttle trip quick. It was raining, so we stood in rain and walked in rain, but not too much. We saw a billion of our colleages at the airport. We had time for lunch there; it was a leisurely wait. However, the plane ride! The plane was slipping and sliding along the tarmac and seemed to have a little trouble with lift-off speed, and then the turbulance as we ascended was terrible! People were saying WHOA! But I really didn't let myself get nervous, and neither did Dave or Mike, but when we landed everyone was so relieved. The captain had to talk about how to keep yourself from throwing up, ha ha! On the shuttle back, one man said it was the worst turbulence he had ever experienced and he flew a lot!
A quick ride to Mike's car and we were on our way home!