Happy 2014 everyone. I hope it turns out to be a good year for you in most respects. I know it won't be perfect, but hopefully the good will far outweigh the bad.
I've got fewer travels lined up so far this year than I did last year. I'll be heading to Philadelphia here in a couple days for a conference. I've never been, and I expect it will be cold. If I can survive Boston in January I should be able to survive Philly. Chowdah versus Cheesesteak, fight!
Union Oyster House. Chowdah has the advantage right now.
Our annual conference this year, which is always in June, will actually be here at home, so that's one less plane (or two, actually, since I'd need to be on one there and one back) I'll have to get on. My husband's little brother will be graduating from high school in June, though, so I'm not totally off the hook for travel. We're thinking of driving and making it a little mini vacay- very mini vacay since they are a two day drive away....which is also about the amount of time this stinking game update is taking.
Anyway, I am rambling about this because for work right now we are in the early process of planning our summer programming. Summer. It's due to our marketing department at the beginning of March. We literally just approved the Spring calendar, which covers March, April and May, last week! I know the reasons behind this shortened time line and I am not really complaining...well I am, but not as much as I would if I didn't know the legitimate reasons behind why I'm now having to plan things out six months from now in my personal life so I can plan my work life around that.
My problem with this is that I hate planning that far into the future. Nothing ever goes right- or at least nothing goes the way you want it to. This staff person resigns, this program gets cancelled, this relative gets sick and you have to fly to Abu Dhabi to make sure they are okay- shit happens, as the saying goes. And when I plan things I freak when they don't go as planned. Every little thing either needs to go exactly as planned or I've got to go into it flying by the seat of my pants with nothing to guide me. I've got issues.
For instance, I find this hilarious....
And take my plans for Philadelphia. I was a smarty pants and booked my hotel and air fare back in October. I was all set...and then about two weeks ago I realized that a meeting I thought I didn't have to attend I actually have to attend, and it was ending at the same time that I was arriving. I went back to the website I used to book the flights, realized it would cost me more to change or cancel that flight than it would to just book a one-way the day before, and am now filled with concern that I may have inadvertently screwed up my return trip because I won't be flying out on the flight that I don't want to spend the money to cancel.
And now you see how my mind works. Kind of like a Rube Goldberg device.
Or a more like a Wakko Warner Gizmo.
I'll try calling the airlines tomorrow to confirm the flights that I want for sure and cross my fingers that the weather doesn't screw everything up anyway. At least I have two days off after the conference is over in case I can't make it back in time, which is something I am trying not to think about. It's bad enough I have airport security to look forward to with all my pump and sensor supplies to tote around on the plane without adding that in to the mix. I've got enough to worry about!And here's a final thought of wisdom for you: a watched game update never, ever finishes downloading. Ever.
