Welcome To Dallas!

.....On the first impresaion, I'm not impressed. The Wi-Fi is not free. We are spoiled in Seattle. :-)

.....However, I declare the Starbucks to be quite passable.

.....I also love the new cell phone. I can connect to the e-universe without needing a network. I guess I'm old enough to be totally amazed by that. :-) Now I'm jonsing for an iPad. Guess I'll never be satisfied.

.....On to Jacksonville in about an hour and a half. I think I'll sleep well tonight.

.....Aaron / Arontius

Hey, It's Georgia!

.....As usual, it was a couple of long flights from Seattle. Both flights were absolutely packed with people. To the point I ended up having to have a middle seat on both flights. Normally, I hate the middle seat. But I was struck this time by how easy it was. I always hated the middle seat from the days where I weighed much more than I do now, and would sometimes get stuck in the middle seat. Invariably, I'd be pressing on the people on both sides of me. And I'd always have to ask for a seat-belt extension, which was always embarrassing. This time though, for some reason I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that I fit easily in the seat. With room for both of my row mates. There was plenty of room on the seat belt. For some reason, I was surprised by how easy it was. And pleased.

.....It's been almost ten years now since the Gastric Bypass, and there are still days like this that make me happy with the reminder of how things have changed for the better. The much, much better. :-)

.....Made it in to Jacksonville at about 12:30 local time and immediately went to the base to get hooked up with a pass. Then went and did our errands on site. Took a look at our office, and the lay-down and work areas. Did not get to talk to anyone actually connected with the Project Team, but we'll get that opportunity tomorrow. So we weren't terribly worried.

.....Both the Mid Level Boss and I were both zombies by 3PM, so we took off for out hotels. I took a nap for a couple of hours, and will head back to bed shortly. But I did go out for dinner and to see what has changed in St. Marys and Kingsland. Absolutely nothing has changed. :-) Sigh, and no Starbucks yet either. Well, I'll only be here a couple of days. So I shouldn't miss my lattes too terribly much.

.....The morning was actually rather chilly and windy. In the fourties and fifties. But by late afternoon, the wind had died down and the day warmed up into the seventies, with the humidity to match.

.....The one thing that really hasn't changed is the Wal-Mart of Doom. If anything, the local Nexus of All Evil has only grown larger. And is now surrounded by a Zombie Horde of Warriors (or at least that's what they look like to me). I feel sad for the local populace, they know not what they do. :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.