Out of Practice
It has been about 4 years since my last business trip. Tomorrow I board a plane and head to Atlanta to attend the Microsoft Ignite conference with 34,999 of my colleagues. But what seems as common place to me in the past as a road warrior has now become foreign. I am flying again. Those practices of having boat shoes, nickel belts, and quart plastic bags are now memories. Time changes things too. Now there are new processes for TSA. So I had to go check the website to see what changed with it. How much does a bag check cost? Is my bag too big for overhead? Is my backpack too big for under the seat? Counting.... 6 days means six sets of underwear. But one is not packed because I need to wear them. Don't forget your toothbrush. Is my power toothbrush going to be a problem? Just buy the toothpaste when you get there... And the deodorant. Don't forget your swimtrunks. Wait... Does this place have a pool? Crap! Take out the swim trunks. No pool. It all used to be so easy. Now it s