Stardate 61043.07 - At the Ritz

I had an off-site to attend in Virginia Monday and Tuesday of this week, so I was on the 0600 shuttle down from NYC Monday morning. Since Monday was a Federal holiday, traffic was light, the plane was empty, and the airport was nearly deserted. We arrived at National Airport in record time and I was able to go to my office first and get some things done before I had to head over to The Ritz for the meetings.

Since the meetings and dinner ran until late Monday evening and will start up again early this morning, I made a command decision to stay at the hotel so I didn't have to drive off to some other place late Monday night and then drive back over early this morning. It just made no sense to do that.

I know it is still winter, but it is depressing to look out my hotel window at 0730 and have it still be this dark. Sigh. I think I'm ready for spring, even though we really haven't had winter yet.

I called Cheryl this morning and Loren apparently did not have a restful night last night, so "you picked a good night to be away" she told me this morning. I hope it was just a one-off event, as she has been really good since we got back from the Christmas visit.

Finally, I took a self-portrait in the bathroom mirror, just for the fun of it. These pictures are from my phone, so they are not of the highest quality, but I wanted to get a post up this morning and I dislike posting without some type of picture.

I'll be back in NYC tonight in time for my class, as long as the flights are on schedule.

McLean, VA