Home again. Long day spent in pursuit of airplanes-walking between gates, waiting to get delayed. There seems to be an un-written rule for me in the Charlotte Airport. My gates will always be as far apart physically as they can be. The distance between the gates is inversely proportional to the time I have to make the connection.
Doing laundry and hoping to squeeze in a nap. Have to turn around on Monday and head out west. Although I like traveling, I think I liked the international travel better. At least then you could build in time to be gone and people did not expect you back at work the same day you travelled. Not so here-thanks to the project I have inherited.
Went up into Georgetown last night. Stopped at Nathan’s which has been one of my DC "checks in the block" for over twenty years. Seems they are closing up shop on Sunday. That’s a shame. Nathan’s was a great place for people watching-just as it was last night. Sidle up to the bar, order a beer and watch two folks in suits and a couple of women in dresses (one was a blond with legs that went all the way up. 🙂 The other had an ample bosom-despite being built for power, not for speed ). Talking about politics and it was clear one of the guys was responding with a different agenda in mind. They left before he had a chance to propose the deal-much less close it. They were discussing Obama and whether he was really in trouble with Congress.
As I have gotten older I appreciate a place like that bar more-its not full of college kids. Nathan’s on the other hand always had a fairly diverse crowd. Sitting in the back corner was an older couple, making love to their tonics and gin. At the other end of the room were a couple of young guys pumping back drinks-and then the rest were middle aged, slightly overweight hacks like me. They will probably turn the place into an Applebees or something.
Mine and DC’s loss.