Best Omaha memories

• We went bowling with the client's Manila team. It was great to have fun like that, and the best part was being able to connect with them and achieve that comfort level that made both sides realize just how closely aligned our two companies are.
• Amber and I joined a training class in Omaha. Our trainers were so much fun and so sweet. The thing that impressed me and Amber on the very first day was how much they enjoy what they do and the people they work with. That's always a good thing :-).
• It was really good to see Amber, Louis, Adam and Nina again--I didn't realize just how much I'd missed them all :-). Some of my favorite memories of the team would be of all of us in that big blue Dodge caravan where sometimes I would think that instead of going to work, we were all heading out out town for a fun, week-long vacation in the mountains :-). It certainly did feel like a true road trip sometimes--there would be moments when we'd all be laughing, there would be moments when fuses were short :-).
• I'd forgotten how fun it was to butt heads with Adam :-). When I was in Manila he and I would often discuss opposing points of views in terms of preferences. In Omaha it was about the new PT Cruiser--he really likes the way it looks, I'm not too fond of it. Even on the way to the airport we were trying to convince one of the other's point of view :-). Thinking about it more though, I think he and I enjoy the actual discussion more than who gets to "win :-)."

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I'm HOME!

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Oh it feels so good to be home. I have to be honest, I did suffer a little separation anxiety leaving Omaha. I was telling Steve, "I don't understand it. I can't wait to come home, and yet I'm not too comfortable about leaving." We both agreed that since I'm a creature of habit, leaving something that I've been used to doing for 3 weeks would be cause for some anxiety.

I felt a little sad flying out of Omaha, a little lonely while in Chicago, but all throughout the last 30 minutes on the plane right before we landed in Memphis, my face was pressed against the window. I couldn't wait to come home. "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet :-)?"

If I had a tail I'm sure it would have been wagging :-).

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Thursday, February 10, 2005

Buzzed

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Had dinner last night with Nina and Adam at Red Lobster. Two beers. After second beer mouth felt funny--tongue felt thick. Kinda pathetic, that happening after only two beers... had trouble following conversations. Thoughts also travel faster between mind and mouth...

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Tuesday, February 08, 2005

Subway, eat fresh...

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Louis, Amber, Adam, Nina and I were supposed to have dinner last night after Louis' nap but it was getting late and we hadn't heard from him or Amber. So at 10 we decided to get our own dinner. Nina, Amber and I decided on Subway.

So Adam and I piled into the van and drove maybe about 8 miles to find a Subway. It was cold and wet and snowy and icy and we were glad when we finally got our sandwiches and started driving back to the hotel.

As we were pulling into the hotel parking lot, Adam mutters, "Oh no."

And I go, "What?"

"Look at that sign."

"What sign?"

"Just across the road. Under the Shell gas station sign."

I looked at the direction he was indicating (it was in the opposite direction where we had gone) and started to laugh.

There, in its big black and yellow letters... "Subway."

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Sunday, February 06, 2005

Widdle Bubu!

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I miss the doggies, one in particular. Her name is Bubu, and she's a Jack Russell terrier mix. She's the cuddliest little dog. When she's getting ready to sleep, she likes to be able to feel a person beside her before she's comfortable enough.

Steve and I tease her, but it's only cause we like her so much :-). She's a little on the heavy side for a dog her size, and when she sits down her hips are a little more pronounced than the rest of her. Steve says she looks like a Hershey's Kiss :-).

When she stands up, she's pretty much an oblong all the way around. That's why I call her "Pronto Pup." That's the Southern name for a corn dog :-). Steve and I joke that if she's going to be a superhero dog, that'll be her name: Pronto Pup :-). It'll be kind of like Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo--she'll be a sidekick.

{in a squeaky voice} "...And Pronto Pup!"

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Saturday, February 05, 2005

Returning the car

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Off to return the rental car today... will also be picking up part of the Vancouver team at the airport.

It was pretty neat driving that little Mazda 3. We had it for two weeks and we only used up 1 tank of gas. And the cost to fill it back up? 20 dollars. What a fuel saver :-).

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Thursday, February 03, 2005

Enterprise: To boldly go where no rental car has gone before

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On my birthday we were supposed to return our rental car but Amber and I decided to extend the rental until the 5th, when the Vancouver team arrives in Omaha.

So I call the Enterprise airport office and tell them if I could extend the use of the car (they said yes), and if I could pay the difference in cash at the nearest office instead of driving all the way to the airport (they also said yes). I told them the Grover office was nearest to me, and they said that was fine.

So I called the number for the Grover office to let them know that I was coming over to extend the use of the car.

Amber and I get there and while there WAS an Enterprise sign on the business premises (it was an auto shop), there was no one there FROM Enterprise. The receptionist said we would probably need to go to the office on 132nd Street, along B street.

So on we go... we were a little nervous about navigating through the city without previously looking it up, but we managed to find it (we were so proud of ourselves). We were on 132nd, and we turned into B street. YAY!

We parked and went up to the Enterprise door. "We're sorry we missed you. Please visit our office at 13nd and F Street."

Grrrrrrr.

So we drive to the third Enterprise office and someone was there, thank goodness :-). To make a long story short, we were able to extend the use of the rental car until Saturday, but boy did we have an adventure in trying to arrange it :-).

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Wednesday, February 02, 2005

So sweet!

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Amber and I were in class when she had to step out for a second. A minute later, she and FD (one of our client contacts) walked in carrying a big birthday cake. I was stunned. Here I was, in a city that's not my own, in a training class that I'm not directly involved in, and the client brings in a birthday cake for me and the entire class sings happy birthday to me :-)! It was so nice of them :-).

I guess it's when you try to keep your birthday secret is when people make a bigger fuss over it :-).

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