Monday, March 26, 2007
Aloha
Arrived last night in Honolulu. I'm here until Friday morning for work. Had a meeting this afternoon, then the all-day meetings start Tuesday.
My friends Fritz and Kim met me at the airport with leis, which was very cool. I got complimented on one of them, then got big kudos for the other, which was a collection of little liquor bottles on a string. We'll see how many of those make it home with me.
Got to bed around 10:30 last night after a 23-hour day (we are 6 hours behind DC here). I took a couple little sleepy pills because the time difference always throws me off and I wake up around 3am unable to get back to sleep. I did wake up after about an hour, then drifted off again, and woke up again around 4am but no big deal. Then at 6am my supervisor calls and says "we're going to breakfast at 7 and we'll discuss our plan for the day." My plan was to sleep in until 8, then do some work here and go to the one meeting we had today at 2pm. I didn't really see a need to discuss it any further than that and I told him I wouldn't be joining people for breakfast because I was going to be busy going back to bed. He called again at 8:30 as I was jumping into the shower and said, "hey, we're back and we're downstairs, come down so we can discuss our plans for the day." WTF? This strikes me as pretty simple, why does there need to be a bunch of discusison about it? I wandered down and it was apparent I was unhappy, and if they don;t like that, then screw 'em. I'm tired of the idea that being a "team player" means abandoning common sense. This is why I prefer going on business trips by myself rather than with control freaks 20 years older than me who are no fun to be with but who insist on doing stuff together. This is also one reason I'm not unhappy about going to Afghanistan -- it gets me out of the office I share with these people.
I'm going down in a couple hours to meet the group for dinner. So we can discuss our plans for tomorrow. Goddess give me the strength not to strangle one of them as an example to the others.
My friends Fritz and Kim met me at the airport with leis, which was very cool. I got complimented on one of them, then got big kudos for the other, which was a collection of little liquor bottles on a string. We'll see how many of those make it home with me.
Got to bed around 10:30 last night after a 23-hour day (we are 6 hours behind DC here). I took a couple little sleepy pills because the time difference always throws me off and I wake up around 3am unable to get back to sleep. I did wake up after about an hour, then drifted off again, and woke up again around 4am but no big deal. Then at 6am my supervisor calls and says "we're going to breakfast at 7 and we'll discuss our plan for the day." My plan was to sleep in until 8, then do some work here and go to the one meeting we had today at 2pm. I didn't really see a need to discuss it any further than that and I told him I wouldn't be joining people for breakfast because I was going to be busy going back to bed. He called again at 8:30 as I was jumping into the shower and said, "hey, we're back and we're downstairs, come down so we can discuss our plans for the day." WTF? This strikes me as pretty simple, why does there need to be a bunch of discusison about it? I wandered down and it was apparent I was unhappy, and if they don;t like that, then screw 'em. I'm tired of the idea that being a "team player" means abandoning common sense. This is why I prefer going on business trips by myself rather than with control freaks 20 years older than me who are no fun to be with but who insist on doing stuff together. This is also one reason I'm not unhappy about going to Afghanistan -- it gets me out of the office I share with these people.
I'm going down in a couple hours to meet the group for dinner. So we can discuss our plans for tomorrow. Goddess give me the strength not to strangle one of them as an example to the others.
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Throw your entree of choice taking careful aim at the nearest one with the least amount of facial hair.
Burst into tears screaming about horrendous jet lag, and tell them Naomi Campbell taught you everything you know about personal relationships with the working class.
You'll be dining alone before you know it.
You're welcome!
Burst into tears screaming about horrendous jet lag, and tell them Naomi Campbell taught you everything you know about personal relationships with the working class.
You'll be dining alone before you know it.
You're welcome!
I ditched 'em tonight so I could try a restaurant my friends recommended. But they were talking about going to the same restaurant! So, we'll see.
The older someone gets, the fussier they are. Sometimes anyway..
Hahaha~ I hope you enjoy the rest of your trip anyway. Have fun in Honolulu~ ;)
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Hahaha~ I hope you enjoy the rest of your trip anyway. Have fun in Honolulu~ ;)
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