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"Everybody sees what you appear to be, but few feel what you are."
Machiavelli,
The Prince
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Saturday, February 07, 2009
I'm in the middle of another crazy business trip, and since this one is longer than usual it has a greater chance of wackiness! Case in point, on Thursday afternoon as I was getting ready to go to work for the night my rental car wouldn't start. Fortunately my hotel is within walking distance of work so I didn't have to call roadside assistance that very minute, but I was very annoyed that the car I rented two days earlier was giving me trouble (all signs pointed to a dead battery). Friday was my day off from work (yay!), but I had spend some of my free time dealing with the stupid car (boo!). I guess the problem really was just a dead battery because roadside assistance just jump started it and everything has been fine since. I've been told that cold weather isn't too kind to car batteries and the high on Thursday was only 24 degF. Since my car was fixed (at least for the time being) I drove up to Maryland to have dinner with Dave and Sam. I am an extremely nervous driver, especially when it's somewhere I haven't driven myself, but I made it to their house with only a few wrong turns on the way (and fortunately none of those were on major highways). We dined on fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, collard greens, and cornbread. A very sophisticated meal! Actually it was delicious food that I would highly recommend if you're in the Silver Spring area. The macaroni and cheese was fantastic. I got way more lost driving back to my hotel that I did on the way to Dave and Sam's house. I couldn't figure out which exit I was supposed to take off of the Dulles Toll Road so I eventually ended up at the airport. I felt really dumb, but I've driven from the airport to my hotel so many times that I was absolutely sure of the way once I got there. And now I'm spending a few hours at work getting caught up on emails. I start my 1 to 10 AM shifts tomorrow so I'm trying to acclimate myself to these hours ahead of time. This isn't going to be easy. I'm tired already.
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