Oh yes. Seeing the sun coming up after several sleepless all-nighters due to the massive amount of work that needed to be done was some how a relief: that is one less sunrise that I will have to endure in this place. The weather appeared to be lovely outside, but days went by and I was inside the hotel and conference room the entire day and night. My entire life, for 5 days, was composed of forced socialization with middle-aged men for hours while eating mediocre hotel catering, drinking gallons of burnt coffee and trying to remember to smile and stand in a place where my phone gets reception.
I did go for a quick walk one afternoon in what was proclaimed as a "nature trail", but it ended up being a dirt road sandwiched between the golf course and a highway. I get my dose of nature when and where I can.
There were some interesting birds- egrets, ibis, grebes, osprey and herons.
Did I mention that they had has working while the rest of the states had a 3-day weekend? Nope, no bitterness here.
The company did do a nice thing and they had a buy-out of Universal Studios. Middle-aged men got to live out their fantasies.
They did have a few rides open for us. We got to test each other's bravery, and ridicule each other when the bravery failed.
The Magic 8 ball I won playing skiball came in handy when we needed answers about quota.
I told them they looked very "Rat Pack" and they smiled:
It's good to be home. I think I'll be having a nice, relaxing weekend with absolutely no contact with co-workers.
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