Thanks for the Snow!

I have just returned to Phoenix from a 10 day business trip to the East. I had a few training classes that I needed for work, so I decided to knock them both out in one trip.

So, here's the breakdown of my travel:
- January 16, 2008 - Today, I flew from Phoenix to Minneapolis to Dulles. My travel went well today, even with checked luggage.

- January 17, 2008 - I had training in Reston, Virginia today. It snowed during the training. I think we probably had about 6 inches of snow.

- January 18, 2008 - Today was a terrible day! I had a project that blew up in my face. At the same time, I was trying to keep an ear open for my training. As the day went on, I became very discouraged. My wonderful wife sent me a message that was very encouraging. I thank God for Tiffany and her words of encouragement today! On the way down to Richmond, I had to type a document for work. As such, I wound up buying a Spring Broadband Card because I needed to be on the internet (The card didn't work, so I had to use a co-workers card). A co-worker drove the car through the slow traffic. At 11:45pm, I finished the document and sent it off. It was a huge relief to turn off my computer and go to sleep. I was also very thankful that the class wound up going well. I was able to pass the certification exam without problem.

- January 19, 2008 - I spent today with Peter and Sara. Today was Peter's 29th birthday, so I joined him for breakfast, Wii playing, duck pin bowling and the Melting Pot. I also replaced my Sprint Card today, which will be very helpful on the rest of the trip. It snowed in Richmond this evening. It was pretty, but it was COLD!

- January 20, 2008 - It was a great day! I visited Immanuel today and had a great time seeing old friends. In the afternoon, I went to visit Matt and Julie. I installed Windows XP on Julie's MacBook Pro today (That was a new eXPerience for my resume!). The drive back to Northern Virginia was surprisingly smooth and nice.

- January 21, 2008 - I flew to Newark, NJ today in the middle of the day. Dulles and Newark are both dead airports in the middle of the day (Maybe it had something to do with the holiday, but I am not sure). From Newark, I drove a little north to Fair Lawn/Saddle Brook, NJ. I am bummed that my hotel does not have an operational pool right now!

- January 22, 2008 - Today was the first day of training for me at Radvision. The training went well today. There was a little bit of snow today, but nothing like the snow last week. In the evening, I hung out at a mall so I would not get bored at the hotel. I also had to do some work during the training today. We are working on a pretty big project right now and it seems to be going fairly well.

- January 23, 2008 - Nothing much to write about today. Training, dinner, relaxation at hotel.

- January 24, 2008 - Upon the completion of training today, I took a train to New York City! I really missed not having Tiffany with me in the city. I had a good time walking around Times Square, eating dinner at Junior's and pretending to shop at B&H Photo. Once the sun went down, it got really cold. I opted to head back to the hotel earlier than I wanted to, but that's ok.

- January 25, 2008 - Home at last! After a nice long flight today and after killing some time in Tempe (to avoid traffic), I safely arrived home this evening.