(Warning: This is essentially a long whine.)<\/p>\n
So, I heading off to Boston in the morning for a week of meeting with my potential new bosses. The whole situation is a little complicated, and I might expand on it later in the week if I get a chance to blog from the hotel, but the short version is that some Honchos from the Australian part of the company might be taking over the stuff I work on, and they are in Boston this week and want to meet with me to make plans.<\/p>\n
So, the situation is that I am walking into a day full of important meetings, and also this is my chance to make a first impression on these guys. The meetings start at 9AM Monday and I need to be at the Boston office then.<\/p>\n
Since I hate mornings, and I really (doubleplus super really) hate airports and the hassles associated with air travel, the sensible thing to do would be to drive down on Sunday, spend the night in a hotel, and start fresh and rested Monday morning. For most of the year, this is what I would do.<\/p>\n
However, late January and early February are notoriously treacherous for snow storms, and with an 11-hour drive (in good weather) each way, I’m not sure I want to bet on getting 22 hours of good weather. Any bad weather would suck the fun out of driving, and could possibly result in my getting stuck either before I got to the meeting, or keeping me away from my family for longer.<\/p>\n
So, weather rules out driving.<\/p>\n
The next sensible thing would be to fly out Sunday night, again getting a restful night’s sleep (without any 2-year old interruptions) and go to the meeting fresh on Monday.<\/p>\n
The problem here is that the last direct flight from Halifax to Boston on Sunday leaves at 1:30PM. Which means I would need to leave my place at 11AM. Which means I would essentially miss an entire day with my family. Why there isn’t an evening flight I don’t know, and I curse the airline gods for their not being one.<\/p>\n
So, the next option is to fly down Monday morning. Turns out there is a direct flight Monday morning. It leaves Halifax at 6:20AM (Atlantic Time), and gets into Logan at 7:09AM (Eastern Time).<\/p>\n
So let’s work this backwards. Since the recent changes, I have to clear US Customs in Halifax before departing, and I’m assuming there will still be extra delays from the new passport rules, so I think I want to be at the airport the full recommended 90 minutes before flight time. That means I want to be at the airport by 4:50. It’s a 30 minute drive to the airport in good weather (which is currently what’s predicted for tomorrow morning), so that has me leaving the house at 4:20. Assuming I need to shower, get dressed, and put my (already packed) gear in the car, I should be able to get up at 4AM and be out of here by 4:20.<\/p>\n
So, I’ll be getting up at 4AM (which is 3AM EST), and will essentially be in transit (and under hassle) until around 8:30AM (7:30 EST), at which point I should be in a rental car at Logan airport. Then it’s a 30 minute drive to the office, if there’s no traffic, which will probably be a 75 minute drive, getting me to the office 15 minutes before the meeting–at which point I will already have been up for around six hours.<\/p>\n
Then I have meetings scheduled all day. I’m sure I’ll be ready to make a great first impression.<\/p>\n
Even more fun, the meetings are followed by an ‘informal’ dinner with the new potential bosses, which I assume is where they will try to woo me. That’s supposed to go until 10PM, at which point I will be 18 hours into my work day. Sigh.<\/p>\n
Now, let’s see how early I can get to sleep. I’m already looking at a maximum of 4.5 hours of sleep, if I go to sleep right NOW. And I don’t see that happening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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