I admit to annoyance.
I guess I should have known this was going to be a terrible week when I was putting the Avenger into the garage yesterday. Despite my being careful, when I opened the door I accidentally jammed it against a support board. I got it unstuck, but it took a small one-inch strip of paint off the door edge. *grumble* I took the parents to dinner at Friday’s last night; on the way home, we stopped by Advance Auto Parts to buy new door edging for the car. Now the strip is hidden, plus the door is protected. I also ended up getting replacement license plate frames for the car, as I didn’t like the ones from the dealership. The new ones are plain black metal, and match the car very well. However, I digress…
I got to the office this morning, and pretty much had to hit the ground running. Over the weekend we had finished a massive upgrade to our ERP software, and I had to deal with many of the post-upgrade support issues. In addition, I had to get a coworker’s new Blackberry operational before he left for China, and before the day was over I knew I would have to go to the datacenter to work on some of the terminal servers. Then, just after lunch, the bombshell was dropped.
Tomorrow evening I’m leaving for Villahermosa, and I won’t be back until Friday morning.
*sigh* I had known this trip was coming, but I had been hoping for a week’s more leeway… especially as I had just gotten back from a two day trip to Odessa on Friday. Still, it annoys me. I had hoped to go to a former coworker’s new house on Thursday to play poker, and that just got shot all to hell. Oh, well… at least I won’t be the only one from the company there. One of the VPs is going to pick me up from the airport tomorrow night and take me to the hotel. It saves me from having to get a cab and trying to communicate with a taxi driver who can’t speak English…
*sigh* Normally I don’t mind travelling. I really don’t. It’s just that the international trips for the company tend to be at the most oddball times and causes me to go to bed very late or get up very early. Neither is very conducive to my peace of mind, as Misty will tell you I need my sleep. :-/ Oh, well… I plan on leaving work after lunch tomorrow so I can drive home and get packed before the flight. I’ll probably post from Villahermosa later this week to discuss how my trip is going. For now, though, I should get to bed. I’ll need my rest before tomorrow…