October 08, 2006
An interlude from travel
I got back from St. Louis late Friday night. And as much as you normally don't get to say this about a business trip, I had a great time. Seriously. The conference was interesting, for the most part, though I admit that the session I got the most out of was the session on stress management, which had absolutely nothing to do with editing. And while now I have a bunch of things to do as a result of the conference, I'm quite pleased with it.
But what really made it awesome were the people. It was a small conference--just for the editors and designers who work across the country for the agency I work for. There were maybe 60 people there, so I got to know a bunch of people. I really clicked with the guy from England, who explained rugby and the Eurovision Song Contest to me, and to whom I explained baseball (though he had picked up an impressive amount of knowledge about it already). And I had a blast with the group from Kansas City, with whom I bonded over baseball. We wandered over to the new stadium and discussed following crappy teams.
So a good time was definitely had. And now I'm off to the Bahamas cruise. I still haven't quite wrapped my head around it; I'm still processing the St. Louis trip. But I'm definitely looking forward to some warmer weather; my apartment is freezing.
Current song in my head:
"Ridiculous" by Bowling for Soup