The CEO flew to L.A. this morning on business. I flew back tonight. That is a long (and expensive, but it wasn’t me paying) day, especially for what was basically a two hour meeting. A few high points from the day:

1. Travelling with no luggage is awesome. My flight left PDX at 6:40; I got to the airport at 6:00 and still made my flight no problem. The snooze button very nearly got the best of me today, but 85 mph on I-84 can make up for a fair amount of snoozing.

2. I had the aisle seat on the way down. The couple next to me were obvioulsy very much in love. Or horny as hell. A lot of kissing noises were heard and a lot of movement was observed via peripheral vision. Movement that could best be described as stroking. I kept my head down in my book. The lady next to me might have been pregnant by the time we landed at LAX. I was certainly spent.

3. Our company has a car service they contract with since there are a lot of employees going into and out of various L.A. airports at any given time. Somehow my information got slightly messed up: there was a driver waiting at the end of the gate holding up a sign for a “Mr. Shel”. I eventually figured out that he was looking for me; he drove me to the office. My new job is going to require me to periodically show up in L.A., so I was sure to be nice to to the driver. Tino and I might be seeing a lot more of each other.

4. It was raining in L.A. I’d never seen that before. CEO’s brain as I stepped out of the car: Whoa, that’s not smog, those are actual clouds. I didn’t think they had those here.

5. The CFO, meanwhile, took the Intern to the doctor this afternoon. He may have Chicken Pox, but the doctor couldn’t be sure yet. Sweet. Because, you know, Kjel.org doesn’t have enough other stuff going on. Luckily the CFO and I have had the Pox already, and the Jr. VP has been vaccinated, but if you haven’t had it you might think twice about visiting the HQ in the next few days. On the flip side, if there is anyone you want to infect the Intern is available for rental at very reasonable rates. Contact me for more details.

6. Quickie breakfast in Portland, business lunch in Los Angeles, late dinner in Portland: my schedule today looks like one that I might have to pull once a month or so for the foreseeable future. Screw that. I am going to start spending a night down there when I have to. The CEO desperately needs his beauty sleep after all. Desperately.

7. Anyone want to buy a house?