Okay, true believers I mentioned my last trip horrific. This one was a mild surprise. The issues I had this time was the weather, my 10hr drive and door key code reader failing-constantly.
I flew back home for a mere day before my next trip to lovely Edgewood, MD. Sorry, I'm stretching it-LOL! Edgewood, MD isn't known for much except that it's has a small Army post. I mean it's winter in MD and it can be brutal. I was born and raised in Baltimore for 20yrs and the I had the dubious distinction of being stationed at Fort Meade, MD for 2.5yrs. So I know the place pretty well.
Anyway I get to my room at 9am after driving through the night to avoid traffic hassles. (Good idea for all of you that zip up and down the I-95). Bad idea if you've been loaded off 5hr Shot energy drinks. Those things work, too well for my little body. So I'm wired but I'm crashing hard to as I put my bags away.
The class was at the Ramada and I had a room in the very hotel. So no driving and no traffic woes for me-jeaaahhhh!
Then the madness begins. It's freezing in MD! I mean I was basking in 65-78 weather in TX and it was 65 in GA. So this is a bit much for me. I know, I know-But you are from there you should be used to this. Please I can't stand the cold but I did with the heat pretty well.
My HVAC unit in my room had a personality disorder. It could not decide if it wanted to be hot or cold and medium wasn't a dialect or setting it was remotely familiar with. So I had to be innovative and deflect the Hades jet blast air to floor so it would cool off before it enveloped me in a dry death wrenching dehydrating grip all week.
My key codes kept getting wiped and they finally figured out on Thursday it wasn't me it was the door reader. So I had to leave class for 30mins and move my stuff. Usually I don't unpack and use the hangers or drawers in the room when travel for a week or less. I just live out of my bag. This time I unpacked, oops! Won't do that again-LOL!
Now for the class. It actually wasn't that bad. Lengthy breaks and some humor throughout. My visions of shopping and visiting were dashed by oodles of homework and studying. I refuse to get a free trip, free training, free lodging and come back as a failure so I focus on the mission at hand then I ball out!
The hotel staff kept fat and happy by providing us with a plethora of additional breakfast items even though they had a continental breakfast laid for us earlier. T hen snacks and drinks flowed throughout the day. I'm not a coffee drinker but I was trying to lay off the Full Throttle addiction I developed back in 05 and my last job sometimes "required" a couple of large cans on some days. So I created a "Hood Cappuccino" if you will. Just some hot coco mix thrown in some regular coffee. The extreme rush of caffienated sugar is a but much I feel heart scream "Fool! What are you doing to me!"
Yes I ate a few crab cakes. C'mon I'm a true Charm City kid, I had to do it.
The exam was a 70 question open book torture test. It didn't help the heat was non-existent this particular day. So spent the 3hr near mental death experience chasing my nose and flipping pages. Speaking of pages, we had 6 references to flip through for answers. Yes, some people failed. Why? They don't know how tab key points in their books.
Now I'm back in my warm cozy house and happy it's all over. Now for the last part of the trip. Filing my travel claims-ugggh the headache. However, the money is always nice!
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