The weekend drama started early for me. Just as I was getting ready to get out of here and on my way back home, American Airlines called to tell me that due to problems with the plane my flight was canceled. Luckily for me they had space available on the next flight out, although it left two hours later, and they booked me right on it. It was a full load, so I wonder if they had to put some people from my flight on stand-by. Doesn’t matter. All I really care about was me being on the flight. Call me self-centered.
I did get stuck in the middle seat of a three-person row. I should learn to look at the seat before I walk away from the ticket counter. I could have easily had that corrected to a decent seat. Again, luck was with me; neither of my seat-mates was the stereotypical 300 pounder. Oh, well. I’m willing to suffer some discomfort in order to spend a couple of nights in my own bed.
Went to a friend’s wedding this weekend. It was nice, which was nothing less than I expected of her. Very short ceremony, which is always good for weddings. There was a nice spread upstairs at the reception. I got to see a couple of close friends that I don’t often get to see, and I saw another couple that I like to see every once in a while but wouldn’t be able to survive on a regular basis. I’m not meaning to be mean or anything like that, but the female half of the pair is one that I find best in small doses.
Sunday morning I found myself at the airport again. I think the people at the ticket counter are starting to recognize me. It’s now week 3 and I should be wrapping everything up, and I will be as long as the client cooperates.
The week, fortunately, progressed as planned. The client got everything they needed to get me, although most of it was at the last minute. We were able to wrap things up pretty quickly. I still have one more test that I need to perform, but it’s one that I can do from the home office rather than from Toronto. It’s good to be done though. Toronto is a very nice city, and it’s got a lot more night life than Dallas, but it’s time to spend more than a day at home. I get one week to live it up before I’m back on the road. Hopefully the next trip will be the last for at least the balance of the year.
One good thing that came out of the week is that we got to go home a little early. We finished everything up and scheduled a flight out for Thursday afternoon rather than Friday. I would have gladly stayed at work for 12 hours to get everything finished in order to make that flight, but we didn’t need to do that. Airport security seemed tighter than usual to me at Pearson Airport. Not only did my checked-in luggage get searched but so did my computer and me! I didn’t get thrown up against the wall and frisked. They just wove the wand over me to see what made the metal detector go off. I think it was my belt, and I think they’d dialed up the sensitivity on those machines because my belt hasn’t set off a metal detector in a long time. As far as my check-in bag was concerned… They’re kind of suspicious of power adapters. I carry three or four along with me when I travel. Every time I’ve had my bag searched it was because of them. Well, I also had my carry-on bag searched because of my international socket adapters once.
The other good thing that came out of my trip is Icewine. If you’re a fan of sweet, dessert wines, then you need to check this stuff out. I had a glass on Wednesday night for the first time and it was absolutely AMAZING. There’s virtually no wine taste to it, although the bottles I bought are 11.5% alcohol. I had a white, and it was light and sweet. If you have a chance to try some, I highly recommend it. I bought two bottles for myself at home. Highly unusual, that.
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