Today was quite an early and long day.  Yes, I was up at 04:30 this morning.  I had to catch a flight out of BWI at 8:00 to San Francisco.  I arrived just before 11:00 PST.  I think that they are shrinking the seats because the other option is I’m growing and that’s not an acceptable answer.

When I got to San Francisco, my bag was pretty much destroyed.  I was quite surprised that United gave me a brand new bag without much fuss.  All I had to do was fill out some very basic paperwork.

I’ve been toying with renting a car in San Francisco.  I really would only be able to use it today and on Tuesday when I need to head back to the airport.  I decided that it was not worth the hassle and I’m really pressed for time on my way home.  I.E. the meeting is supposed to let out at 5 p.m. or so In San Jose and my flight leaves at 8 p.m. from San Francisco.  In a perfect world, it’s a 50 minute commute.  My guess is it’s going to take me quite a bit longer given it’s rush.  I’m hoping that the cab knows a better route.  I say cab but what I really mean is a Limo.  It’s actually cheaper for me to take a Limo than it was taking the cab from the airport to the hotel.  The cab was $130 and the Limo is going to be $110.

I spent the day at the Great Mall.  I went and seen the movie “Bangkok Dangerous”.  It was ok, more of a DVD rental not a first run expensive movie ticket.  I ended the day having dinner at Outback Steakhouse.

I’m here for a Cisco briefing.  The group of companies represent Cisco’s more complex installations.  In our case, we’ve got one of the more complex IVR installations.  The day starts at 7:30 and runs until 10 p.m.  The last part of the day is a Docent tour of the Computer History Museum.   Tuesday starts at 7:30 and runs until 5 p.m.  I’m not staying for the dinner.  My goal is to catch a 8 p.m. flight out of San Francisco to Los Angeles.  I have a 10:30 p.m. flight out of Los Angeles to BWI.  I get home around 6:30 a.m.  It’s going to suck and I’m going to be burned out by the time I get home.

Today we visited a children’s museum in St. Petersburg. My big kid seemed to have the most fun.

I thought Jonathan learned a hard lesson yesterday. I also found out who got my genes for tearing things apart. Jonathan left the laptop that I gave to him and Rebecca in his room where his little brother could get it. Timothy decided to see just how many keys he could pull off. It looked like a plucked chicken when he was done.  Jonathan’s still missing a couple keys and I need to perform some surgery to fix a couple of them. I told him that until he finds all of the keys, he’ll be unable to use it.

I told both of them that this is why I have no desire to buy them a better computer. To this, Jonathan brought out a keyboard and plugged it in. I hate seeing him pulling the same stunts that I did to my parents but I’ve got to give him credit for problem solving.