the armrest theives

I made it home from Texas last night around 10 o'clock. I'm still exhausted - I can barely keep my eyes open. I had a great time. It was so nice to spend time with Tracy, even though this trip was incredibly short, we still managed to have a blast. The training went well, it was a great experience for me because Tracy is so well versed in our industry, she's just wealth of knowledge & I find her very inspiring. I enjoy learning new things and knowing as much as I can about everything, so watching her train was wonderful! Tracy's a good egg, she's very motherly and always takes care of me - she's a wonderful person with a great heart and good soul, I'm blessed to get to work side by side with her & I couldn't ask for a better partner in crime.

CSI was awesome tonight, ooooh how I miss my fall television shows when they're not on. I have a feeling this will be the last season for CSI, too much has changed that it's hard to imagine they'll carry on with it. Grissom is leaving, Sarah's already gone (but apparently back as she's in next weeks episode as well) & Warrick is dead..... oh well, I still have my other shows. I'm not huge fan of TV, but I do have my 'can't miss' shows like Weeds, The L Word, CSI, WorkOut, The Biggest Loser & Survivor. Thank the Lord for TeVo!!

I'm off to New York next Monday, it's going to be a great trip.... I'm very excited. I adore the bank I'm going to see, I have a great working relationship with the main point of contact for this bank & we're going to have a wonderful time together. I look forward to helping them better understand what they're actually doing in this industry and helping them maintain & enhance their portfolio.

Nothing new really going on here. Family pictures are tomorrow, I have yet to iron. We're doing the casual jeans and white shirts thing. We haven't had family pictures since 2006 so we're definitely due. I am leaving work early to participate in the shindig, which I certainly can't complain about.

Well in closing I would like to give a friendly reminder to myself and to anyone else who would like to heed my advice, when booking a flight, don't ever forgo the seat selection, or you'll inevitably get stuck in between two men who don't know how to share armrests & selfishly keep their head right in front of the window ..... Oh ya, and listen for your seating arrangements to get called at the airport, so that when you fly southwest airlines who now does first come first serve seating based on your electronic check in time, you actually score a decent seat rather than besides chatty Kathy retired dude and eerily quiet nerd boy. Thankfully I booked in time to chose my seats for my trip next week & best yet, the plane is a small one (on the second leg of the flight from Chicago into Syracuse & Syracuse into D.C.) so I chose the side with only one seat so that I don't have to share my damn armrest and I can look out the window whenever I want - so there!

And so are the days of our lives .... sleep, eat, work, eat, sleep ..... *yawn*