  The airshow in RI was great! The only way I knew about it was through a co-worker. She found out from a flier she had picked up at Ace Hardware. I'm not sure what Ace has to do with the planes, but I guess it doesn't matter. The weather on Sunday was beautiful... not too hot with a slight breeze. The planes were pretty amazing. The museum-type planes were sort of ho-hum, especially after a recent visit to the urlLink Museum of Flight near Seattle. However, the aerobatic planes did incredible maneuvers throughout the day. The USAF Thunderbirds were a great way to end the day.
It's almost frightening how precise they are. If my life depended on that type of precision all of the time, I'd be in trouble. Monday, I left for NYC for business. I was to arrive around 1pm, check into the hotel & meet with our contact and my boss around 2:30. In the taxi, on the way to the hotel, my boss calls and says "it's such a nice day, why don't we change the meeting until 3? " I okay it - it's only another 1/2 hour. Around 2:15, my boss calls again and wanted to move the meeting until 4. It was a nice day, but I wasn't able to go too far or accomplish anything because I needed to hang around to do actual work.
(You know, what I was there to do. ) In the end, we did meet around 4, but our contact had gone home for the day (as she usually does) around 3. I warned my boss about this, but I'm guessing she thought I was joking. What the whole day boiled down to, was I only managed 2 hours of directly billable work - and I had anticipated more.
Later, we met with another co-worker & went wandering around Greenwich Village. My boss thought she knew where she was going, so it took us 1 subway stop too far & 30 mins of walking before she found the general vicinity she had thought of. It was a very nice area & I did see an entirely new area NYC. Tuesday's meeting went well and I was able to catch an earlier shuttle back to Boston. Woot! That meant I would land when it was still a little light out, so I could read the construction signs to determine a way out of Logan Airport.
All in all, a good trip, but very tiring. Not only due to the long hours and business attire (although I only buy what's comfortable), but also because it's draining keeping up & placating my twitchy boss. I'm really glad that summer-like weather seems to be in the Boston area for good. :) side note: the spell check wanted to replace aerobatic with arbutus and billable with bilabial. ??
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