I am here in South Africa for two weeks on a business trip. What a mixed journey of good and bad! On the negative side, KLM lost my luggage somewhere between London and here. On the positive side, I got a nice open middle seat in my row on the 12 hours of flying here. It will be a busy few weeks of training, but I should have a nice weekend in Durban and then a few...
My work trips this year have been rather limited so I was super excited to finally get to hit the road again. This week has me in the general area of Denver. It seemed like I got an amazing sunrise every day. I enjoyed Cherry Creek Lake park for some running. There were a lot of prairie dogs. Later on, in the week, I took a trip to Downtown Boulder to visit a really...
December is always an odd month for me at work. My customers have training budgets that are expiring and I have vacation days that I want to use. I’ve had a lack of work travel for the last few months so I decided to take this opportunity. Wisconsin at the start of winter is definitely a huge contrast to Puerto Rico and Home (Cali) but I try to...
Scary story: I got sick. With what? I don’t know. How? Still a mystery. The worst part…I was about 6,000 miles from home and my doctor. Around the second week of my work trip, I started getting really bad headaches and fever. I tried to power through Monday’s work with some ibuprofen but it just got worse. Eventually, I found myself bedridden for...
When I have a work trip scheduled during mid-winter, I tend to dread going to cold places. I moved to California for the primary reason of escaping the cold weather. I lived through 33 winters…I’ve done my time. In spite of that, I ended up having a good business trip. There were quite a few good sunsets to witness. Here are a few highlight photos. The...
Five to six times a year I travel back to Westlake, Ohio for team meetings and professional development. Ohio is currently hitting the fall weather I love. I like to joke that an Ohio fall is a lovely 6 days of perfect weather that occurs between hot humid summer and stupid cold winter that lasts the rest of the year. I couldn’t miss the opportunity to...
It was a unique work trip. I stayed at a small town called Cavan, smack dab in the middle of the island. The hotel, chosen by my employer’s travel agency was a spa/golf course called Farnham Estate. Every other day I seemed to get a really nice photo. Here are a few for your enjoyment…
Time to head home…here is a not so pretty photo…
I honestly dislike giving up my weekend to work. This conference is very important to my employer and apparently my training skills are needed. I hope to not have to attend next year as the stress is insane. Sunday went well. I started my Monday by doing an early 5k run along the strip both for my health and to calm myself before the day’s presentations. The...
Once a year, my employer sends me to either Orlando or Vegas to work at a training conference. After doing this for the past 6 years I am kind of bored with the event. This year it was Vegas and due to living in So Cal it presented a unique opportunity to drive there instead of flying. If felt kind of nice not having to rush for an airline schedule. I took some time...
My annual July trip to Ohio to teach during a week long conference at work recently occurred again. I took a few extra days to visit family and friends. Here are some of the non-work adventures… I got my Pizza Oven fix: It was awesome getting to see both of my uncles on the McKay side of the family: I got to see Unknown Hinson (does the Voice of Early Cuyler...