I’m in a hotel room near Golden, Colorado today, after a day taking notes while sitting in a conference of science experts. Lots of ties being worn. I am tired, in part because my colleague and I didn’t make it to the hotel until 10:30 last night (plus two hours for the time change, plus all the life that modern air travel sucks out of you) and had to be up at OMFG-thirty. But also because I had to be concentrating for eight hours straight — except for the five minutes between when i got my lunch and the lunch speaker started his presentation.
Turns out I can type pretty well with one hand gripping a sandwich.
I haven’t flown in about five years, since our last trip to London. It was actually a fairly painless trip, as flights go. Plenty of overhead storage and a light atmosphere, mostly people returning from vacations. I had entertaining seatmates — a couple on their way to California for a family reunion. He was an old-fashioned hale fellow well met — a salesman, I was not surprised to learn. I like talking with people who like to talk. It’s one of the reasons I love taking cabs everywhere in Baltimore.
I brought my Airport Express so that I could try blowing up a little protective wireless bubble inside my hotel room. After a couple rounds of setup grief, I got it working and now I can lounge on the bed while I type and surf. I do like that.
Tomorrow morning we return. I can’t wait to drop off the car at the rental place — they were so slow last night that time seemed to be flowing in reverse. Hopefully the flight will be uneventful too.
Truly amazing. Here I am sitting in my hotel room and just created my boarding pass for tomorrow’s flight. (Window seat, boarding call 2. Things are looking up.) Truly wondrous times we live in.