On the road again: IDF, San Francisco, day 1
After a completely inadequate three hours of sleep, I headed out to fly on 9/11. Memorials were on every screen throughout the airports, on every news site--everywhere. It was disturbing and moving and brought back my own memories of the day. The air hang heavy with grief and remembrance. Some folks suggested that I should not fly today, but to me avoiding air travel on this day would have been a form of giving in, and that would be wrong. I was pleasantly surprised to see full flights and life going on as usual.
I awoke with either a stomach virus or, my guess, mild food poisoning, which led to urgent bathroom needs throughout the day. Plane flights and those needs do not go well together, I can most definitively tell you.
Aside from that problem, the flights went well, with an exit row aisle seat on one leg and an upgrade on the other. I always hope for a Red Mango break in DFW, but my connection today was too short to permit that.
Aside from a short trip out to buy some soda and water for my room, I spent the evening in the hotel, eating room service, working, and staying close to the bathroom.
I hope to feel normal, or at least much better, tomorrow morning.
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Traveling and not feeling well is not a good combo. Hope you are feeling better today.....Chris....
Thanks, Chris. I'm taking it as easy as I can today and drinking a lot of water. The conference proper starts tomorrow morning early, so I'm hoping to be fully healed by then.
Hope you feel better - sick while traveling is perhaps one of the worst things to go through.
Thanks for the kind wishes, Todd. I'll be through it soon. No worries.
Take it easy and get better soon.
Thanks, John. I'm working on it!
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