Recharge

Went golfing with hubby - we were in pain after 9 holes of walking. Kinda strange since we both walk in our league every week. Dehydration? Anyway, we got a raincheck for the remaining 9 holes and went to B.D's for lunch. It was a very yummy lunch. Note to self - teriyaki sauce, garlic powder, seasoned salt, sesame seeds, lemon seasoning and chilli garlic. Went a little shopping and we both agreed it was time to go pick up our daughter at the sitters. Pathetic... :-)

Travel blunder

Went on another trip last week. Flight attendant came to my seat and informed that my gate was H2. Got off the plane and verified it was H2. Have an hour to my next flight. Got Starbucks coffee and parked at my gate H2 - strange, there is no one here. Double-checked the departures screen and I am at the right gate. Watched some TV, looked over my meeting materials and people start to show up at the gate. When they started boarding, I noticed that it was going to Louisville, KY.

AAAHHHH!!! I was mortified! Rechecked my boarding pass and saw that I was 15 min past my connecting flight. 3 standbys later, I managed to get on the 3rd flight out to Dallas and was 45 min late to my meeting which I was hosting. 2 VPs, 4 Directors, 5 Managers and 4 consultant partners stared at me as I calmly sit myself at the front of the conference table. My boss, one of the VPs, made eye contact with me and smiled. After the meeting, I went to everyone in the room and apologized. That's the only sensible thing I can do since this workshop will go on for another 4 days!

Later, in my boss' office, as he looked over his work ...
Boss: "What the hell do you mean you missed the connecting flight? VERY BAD."
Me: "It's a long story. I am mortified."
*** Silence ***
B: "If that's the worst thing you've ever done, that's ok." ** smile **
Me: "Yes but this is inexcusable."
B: *** smile *** "Enough said"

In case you were wondering how the week went...productive and "GREAT WORK" from all around! :-)
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On my flight home, I rechecked my connecting gate and tried to make sense how the blunder happened. This time I have 1.5 hrs to my final connecting flight. I parked and cleaned up some emails. Then, I noticed that there are way too many people at this gate. Checked my time, walked over to the screen and noticed that the gate changed! I don't recall hearing a gate change. That's how it happened.

Lessons learned
1. If you are flying into Chicago on American Airlines, triple check your connecting gate as it WILL change. Don't count on the overhead announcements as you an bearly hear all of them - it's a very BUSY airport and you can easily tune out the announcements as background music.

2. Never give up, remain calm and stay focus on the end goal.

Been awhile..

Wow! I have not blogged for a month???

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers.

I spent 3 hours at the doctor's. The doc checked me for 5 min and suggested an antibiotic. I asked for a throat culture fearing I have strep. She was a little surprised with my request but complied. It turned out positive.

Feel really weak and would love to have a decent meal without the pain of swallowing. How about a milk shake for dinner?