Y5 D115

Time changes suck ass. It's 4:30 here right now. Which means it's 1:30 at home. Everyone is either just going to bed or already asleep. Poor B texted me at 9:40pm my time last night, but I was already out cold. Yes, I went to bed at 9pm EST last night. I was tired dammit. But I did get a good 7 hours or so of sleep. Woke up a lot as is usual for me when I am sleeping on the road but I feel pretty rested this morning. Not as much as I would like, but still pretty darn good. Breakfast isn't available for another 90 minutes though. I can't sleep any more or I would. Yay time changes.

Was up at 3 yesterday, out of the house at 4, in the air at 6. Hit Dallas at 11:30 CST, Florida at 5pm EST. Long fucking day of travel. For the most part my flights were uneventful. Finished a book on the flight, watched part of a movie (My Neighbor Totoro), and managed to get a little sleep on the first flight.

Had a million emails waiting for me when I landed of course. I have to still take care of some things this morning while I have some downtime. Made it to the hotel without incident. Since I am less than 1 mile from the client I opted to not get a car. $40 cab ride, but that is a lot cheaper than a week's worth of a car that would honestly spend most of its time in the hotel parking lot. Just wasn't worth the $500 for a car this trip. The airport is only 15 miles away and the hotel has a shuttle to bring me to the client. Look at me being all smart.

This is hard on B. The text she sent me was about how the kid and KBF made her dinner last night. Which of course made her feel guilty for all the things that the kid does which have caused her frustration. I know how she feels on that. You want to get mad at the kid for being a doofus sometimes and a slob, but then she goes and does something like make you dinner when you don't expect it.

We Skyped for a while after I got settled in and had food. Had a decent dinner - crab cakes and a grouper topped with local fresh scallops and octopus. Really good actually. The one downside to not having a car is it limits where I can go for food. Hopefully tonight I will get a chance to walk back from the client and see what is around here. I just checked the map and realized I was completely reversed in my head about where I needed to go. Good thing I didn't just start randomly walking. Everything here is backwards to me. The client is in fact .5 miles away but I almost headed in the complete opposite direction. That wouldn't have been good.

The next couple of day should be interesting. I am actually spending today and tomorrow designing the course material live and then presenting it on Thursday. Could I have done this from home? Sure. But I think because of how long it would take to get me security clearance, it was easier for me to actually fly to Florida and be here. Whatever. I need the points and miles.

I think I will shower now.