7/22/2005

Home Sweet Home

It's hard finding stuff for the kids when you're on a trip. You can always do stuff like Princess coloring books or stuff that you could get in any Target store in the country, but what fun is that?

In Texas, the Armadillo is everywhere. For some reason they view it with higher esteem than it's real-life appearance would suggest. So I decided to get one for each of the girls (Tyler wouldn't really get it...). They loved them, and of course named them Cinderella and Sleaping Beauty respectively...

It's great to be home - away from the downright tedious and exhausting activities associated with traveling these days. From the photo to the left you can tell I was interested in documenting our difficulties - since we never had a flight that was on time...

Click on the picture to see UA Flight 544 being delayed to Chicago. Like I said, this was the normal routine for each of the four flights we took. Each were delayed and each took a little longer than expected if you know what I mean.

Just for kicks, here is a list of the positives and negatives from the trip:

Positive
Negative
  • Learning about the history of the corporation
  • Being away from the chaos of the unit for a while
  • Seeing another part of the country
  • Spending time with other managers from work
  • Being able to witness while on the trip
  • Drove by Fellowship Church at least 4 times
  • Being forced to realize just how much I miss my family when they are not around
  • All flights delayed
  • Spending close to to two hours on the tarmac without moving
  • Luggage misplaced - came on the next flight
  • Problems with rental car - had to return the first one after being there one day
  • Getting lost numerous times (I was driving...)
  • Spending over eight hours per day sitting in a conference room (chairs were soft - but not soft enough)
  • Much of the conference turned out to be for those in contract facilities instead of free standing hospitals (like ours)
  • No wireless in the conference room
  • 90 degrees and humid every day
  • Fire alarm going off in hotel at 3 AM
  • Trip to Dallas turned out to be very disappointing
  • Being away from Tammy and the kids for so long