Adventures are Better Together

Welp, I’m on my first business trip and blogging away in Portland. It is cold here, but not too bad all things considered. The conference started today so I’m busy trying to keep track of everything. Right now the most my brain can handle is where I need to be next. Speaking of which I need to see where I need to be tomorrow morning… We have a pretty full schedule over the next few days, so I think I’ll be coming home very tired. We really don’t have much spare time, so I don’t think that I will be seeing much of Portland other than the hotel.

This is my first trip away from Misha, we haven’t spent a night apart since the wedding, so it is a little strange to be traveling alone let alone having the entire bed to myself. So the cold Portland nights are just a tad colder. So I’m very much looking forward to going home and sleeping in my own bed, even though I’ve only just left.

As for my adventures, they started at the airport. Thankfully it wasn’t crowded and the lines were very short. Though we did have a bit of a show from a friendly clueless traveler. A woman arrived late for her flight, shopping bags in tow and her bag pretty much unpacked. It wasn’t her slightly see-through dress that caught the entire terminal’s attention, it was the lack of dress. Standing up, it wasn’t covering much, but as she bent over to pack her bags (as the friendly airline workers were trying to hold back their laughs as they tell her that if she doesn’t hurry she will miss her flight) she revealed her uncovered butt to the entire airport. And it didn’t just end there, she finally got her bags packed, and had to rush through security and the rest of the terminal to catch her flight. It was a wave of comments following her as she revealed herself to person after person making her way to the absolutely furthest gate from where she was. People were floored that she didn’t realize how much of her body she was “showing off”. Um, yeah. I thought a few hours later of how disgusting it must have been to sit on the airplane with well, nothing between me and the very well used seats. Ick! It was funny though, it was a shame to not share the very funny and priceless image of this clueless woman mooning the entire airport.

The rest of my trip has been pretty quiet compared to the colorful sendoff. My flight was early, and so far Portland has been pleasant. I have partaked in a bit of tax-free shopping. I checked out the Nike store and found a cute running skirt and top. I’m still undecided if I will keep it, but I did get them on clearance and they do fit. So we’ll see. I might wander down to the Apple Store, if I have time. Though I may have to find myself some warm gloves to protect my hands, since it is a bit cooler out and my hands were freezing from my short little walk this morning.

Welp, I think that is all for now. I was hoping to get in a bit of a workout at the gym while I was here. But it is $10 a day, and I’m not so sure that work will pay for it. Though I am excited about not having to pay for gas to commute to work this week. Whoot!

One day down, four more to go until I am back at home in my own bed!

“The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure.” – Francoise de Motteville