Here's how my Thursday is going to pan out:
4.45 AM
Get up just a little earlier than I usually do.
5.15 AM
Drive to international airport.
5.20 AM
Be thankful that I'm a guy and can do the complete Shit, Shower, Shave morning routine and be out of the house in under a half hour.
6-ish AM
Arrive at airport.
6.45 AM
Fly to Calgary, taking less flight time than my drive to the airport from where I live.
8.00 AM
Arrive at my company's Calgary branch office.
8.30 - 11.00 AM
Somewhere in this window I get an hour to present a few things to a group of about a dozen project managers regarding estimating practices, actually using their computers for the purposes for which they were intended, and, most importantly, trying to make it all seem like good ideas that they are having of their own volition and will therefore embrace.
12 noon
Fly back to Edmonton.
1.00 PM
Leaving the airport, I will smugly smile to myself, confident in knowing two things:
- Everybody in Calgary knows I've flown back to Edmonton.
- Everybody in Edmonton thinks I'm still in Calgary.
I will not pass GO, I will not collect 200 dollars, and I will go straight home, giggling evilly to myself.
I will take the whole afternoon off work and not feel guilty about it in the least. That is what I will do.
Go for it!
For the record, however, I'm a guy and I only wish I could shit, shower, shave in under a half hour. I've tried my best. I'm just not sure what I'm doing wrong. Maybe I need to do like Kramer on Seinfeld and observe guys' morning ablutions.
Posted by: Mark | Wednesday, 17 October 2007 at 11:13 PM
I have to say I'm stuck with envy at the shit, shower, shave in under a half hour. If only.
Anyway, enjoy your bit of freedom today.
Posted by: marian | Thursday, 18 October 2007 at 05:05 AM
Hey look! I can do the Triple-S and check blog comments TOO in under a half hour. Cool!
But OK, now I really have to drive to the airport.
Posted by: Simon | Thursday, 18 October 2007 at 05:14 AM
I can do the 30-minute 3 Ss, no problem. In Mark's defense, though...not everyone has the simple rinse-and-go haircuts that we do, Simon. (Nor our low standards of personal cleanliness ;)
I whole-heartedly support your time off. Subterfuge aside, I figure you're due if only for that super early morning you put in last week. Go forward with a clean conscience, my son.
Posted by: Moksha Gren | Thursday, 18 October 2007 at 08:41 AM
I'll agree with the general sentiment going on in here - go home and visit the family! Besides, who knows what kind of delays you might run into on the flight home? Or you could end up with a flat tire, or some other plausible excuse.
I do wonder, though, if the lack of cheveux up on top doesn't increase the speed of the shower.
Posted by: Jayson | Thursday, 18 October 2007 at 09:28 AM
Well, if you take into account that a trip to another city including two flights is at least as tiring as a whole workday in the office, then you're not really taking time off work - really, they should be paying you a bonus.
Hope you enjoyed your time off.
Posted by: Émilie B | Friday, 19 October 2007 at 07:05 PM
I'm like you Simon, I can get it all done in 30 minutes or less.
When I used to travel for work, I'd make sure the flight came home around noon-1pm, and go straight home. heh heh heh heh..!
Posted by: Dave | Monday, 22 October 2007 at 11:02 AM