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scheduling agenda 2024 v1
a new year, new chances, but i don't foresee a whole lot of (business) travel still. clients still opt for the cheap route (Zoom) instead of opting for the much better in person sessions. that said, there have been three trips scheduled already!

january 8 until further notice: working @ home offce

february 19 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to santa barbara, ca (staying @ the leta santa barbara goleta, tapestry collection by hilton)
february 20-22 psg conference north america 2024
february 23 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
february 24 weekend; birthday celebration for patricia
february 25 weekend; no plans
february 26-28 working @ home office
february 29 our 4th marriage anniversary! drive to depoe bay, or (staying @ whale cove inn)
march 1 luxuriate @ whale cove inn
march 2 weekend; in the am drive back home
march 3 weekend; no plans
march 4 until further notice: working @ home office
march 27 in the late pm start of #weirdminitrip2024v1; drive to yachats, or (staying @ the umpqua cottage of the overleaf lodge & spa)
march 28-30 explore yachats and surroundings and⁄or relax
march 31 weekend; drive back home; end of #weirdminitrip2024v1
april 1 until further notice: working @ home office
april 23 travel to oakland, sf (staying @ best western plus bayside hotel)
april 24 9.30am appointment @ dutch consulate-general in san francisco, ca, for passport renewal
april 25-26 working @ client site in alameda, ca
april 27 weekend; travel back home
april 29 weekend; no plans
march 22-april 28 visit wooden shoe tulip farm several times for their 2024 wooden shoe tulip fest
april 29 until further notice: working @ home office
may 25-26 weekend; no plans
may 27 memorial day!
may 28 travel to oklahoma city, ok (staying @ courtyard oklahoma city north quail springs)
may 29-30 working @ client site in oklahoma city, ok
may 30 travis' 15th birthday
may 31 travel back home
june 1 weekend; celebrate travis' 15th birthday!
june 2 weekend; no plans
june 3 until further notice; working @ home office
july 8 in early am travel to sumner, wa, working @ client site; in the late pm travel to puyallup, wa (staying @ hampton inn & suites tacoma puyallup)
july 9-11 working @ client site in sumner, wa
july 11 in the late pm travel back home
july 12 until further notice; working @ home office
july 20 weekend; visit the tillamook creamery in tillamook, or, spend an afternoon on the beach in pacific city, or, and have dinner @ mcmenamins hotel oregon
july 21 weekend; in the am visit the 2024 concours d'elegance on the pacific university campus in forest grove, or; in the pm visit the summer vintage barn market @ larkins hill market in hillsboro, or
july 22 until further notice; working @ home office
october 10 in the late pm start of #weirdminitrip2024v2; drive to yachats, or (staying @ the amanda cottage of the overleaf lodge & spa)
october 11-12 explore yachats and surroundings and⁄or relax
october 13 weekend; drive back home; end of #weirdminitrip2024v2
october 14 until further notice: working @ home office
october 22 in the am working @ home office, in the pm travel to santa clara, ca (staying @ hampton inn milpitas)
october 23-24 working @ client site in santa clara, ca
october 25 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office

october 26-27 weekend; no plans
october 28 until further notice: working @ home office

november 22 travis travels to china
november 23-30 travis travels through china:
- november 24 beijing: forbidden city, tiananmen square, national museum, qianmen market
- november 25 great wall of china
- november 26 beijing: beijing olympic park, summer palace, hutong alleyway, gulou
- november 27 travel to chengdu
- november 28 chengdu: local high school, local market
- november 29 chengdu: nature hike, jilin market
- november 30 chengdu: volunteer day @ giant panda research center
december 1 travis travels back home

november 30 weekend; in the pm travel to downtown portland (staying @ the kimpton hotel vintage portland); in the early evening have dinner @ ringside steakhouse
december 1 weekend; in the late am have breakfast @ il solito; in the pm pick up travis from portland international airport
december 2 until further notice: working @ home office

december 13 in the late pm start of #weirdminitrip2024v2; drive to yachats, or (staying @ the amanda cottage of the overleaf lodge & spa)
december 14-15 explore yachats and surroundings during king tides and⁄or relax
december 16 drive back home; end of #weirdminitrip2024v2
december 17 until further notice: working @ home office

july nn, 2027 start of weirdroadtrip2027; drive through mount rainier national park to washtucna, wa (staying @ undetermined)
july nn, 2027 drive from washtucna, wa to missoula, mt (staying @ undetermined), after visiting palouse falls state park heritage site and the palouse
july nn, 2027 drive from missoula, mt through glacier national park to west glacier, mt (trying to stay @ lake mcdonald lodge)
july nn, 2027 glacier national park
july nn, 2027 drive from west glacier, mt to swiftcurrent lake, mt (trying to stay @ many glacier lodge)
july nn, 2027 visit glacier national park
july nn, 2027 drive from swiftcurrent lake, mt to laurel, mt (staying @ undetermined)
july nn, 2027 drive from laurel, mt through yellowstone national park to lake yellowstone, wy (trying to stay @ lake yellowstone hotel)
july nn, 2027 drive from lake yellowstone, wy through yellowstone national park to cody, wy (staying @ undetermined)
july nn, 2027 drive from cody, wy through yellowstone national park and grand teton national park to moran, wy (trying to stay @ jackson lake lodge)
july nn, 2027 drive from moran, wy through grand teton national park to tetonia, id (trying to stay @ teton peaks resort)
july nn, 2027 drive from tetonia, id through craters of the moon national monument to nampa, id (staying @ undetermined)
july nn, 2027 drive from nampa, id to fields, or (trying to stay @ the fields station)
july nn, 2027 drive from fields, or through crater lake national park to crater lake, or (trying to stay @ crater lake lodge)
july nn, 2027 visit crater lake national park
july nn, 2027 drive from crater lake, or through crater lake national park to yachats, or (staying @ undetermined)
july nn, 2027 visit yachats and surroundings
july nn, 2027 drive from yachats, or to cannon beach, or (staying @ hallmark resort & spa cannon beach)
july nn, 2027 visit cannon beach and surroundings
july nn, 2027 drive from cannon beach, or to home; end of #weirdroadtrip2027

february 27, 2028 travel to new orleans, la (staying @ undetermined)
february 29, 2028 5th marriage anniversary
march 3, 2028 travel back home


always check back to see if there are any updates, because as we all know, things can and will change ...

sunday january 7thursday may 2sunday june 2wednesday june 12wednesday july 3thursday july 18friday september 6sunday september 15 thursday october 3, 2024

scheduling agenda 2023 v3
at this point i feel like my work will not have me travel much at all anymore, since most clients prefer virtual meetings as they are more flexible and certainly a lot cheaper! so, this travel schedule will definitely reflect this, but that doesn't mean that there is no travel at all. on the contrary, there are already trips scheduled and trips being planned. this is the current list of things and trips planned.

july 5 until further notice: working @ home office

september 11 travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites denver downtown-convention center)
september 12 working @ client office in denver, co
september 13 visiting clients in monument, colorado springs, co (staying @ holiday inn express & suites colorado springs first & main)
september 14 travel back home
september 15 working @ home office
september 16-17 weekend; no plans
september 18-19 working @ home office
september 20 travel first class to los angeles, ca (staying @ the hollywood roosevelt)
september 20 in the evening, attend promises featuring floating points with shabaka hutchings, kieran hebden, dan snaith, kara lis coverdale, hinako omori, john escreet, and the los angeles studio orchestra directed by miguel atwood-ferguson @ hollywood bowl
september 21 travel first class back home
september 22 working @ home office
september 23-24 weekend; no plans
september 25 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to beverly hills, ca (staying @ sirtaj hotel)
september 26-27 working @ client site in beverly hills, ca
september 27 in the late pm travel back home
september 28 until further notice: working @ home office

october 12 in the late pm start of #weirdminitrip2023v2; drive to yachats, or (staying @ the a lul quoy cottage of the overleaf lodge & spa)
october 13-14 explore yachats and surroundings and⁄or relax
october 14 weekend; @ 9.20am view solar eclipse, path of annularity from the coast
october 15 weekend; drive back home; end of #weirdminitrip2023v2
october 16 until further notice: working @ home office

november 22 in the late pm start of #weirdminitrip2023v3; drive to lincoln city, or (staying @ the the coho oceanfront lodge)
november 23 thanksgiving! *gobblegobble*
november 24 explore lincoln city, or
november 25 explore depoe bay, or
november 26 in the late am travel back home; end of #weirdminitrip2023v3

november 27-december 1 working @ home office
december 2 weekend; no plans
december 3 weekend; in the pm travel to beverly hills, ca (staying @ sirtaj hotel)
december 4-6 working @ client site in beverly hills, ca
december 7 travel back home
december 8 until further notice: working @ home offce

february 19 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to santa barbara, ca (staying @ the leta santa barbara goleta, tapestry collection by hilton)
february 20-22 psg conference north america 2024
february 23 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
february 24 weekend; birthday celebration for patricia
february 25 weekend; no plans
february 26-28 working @ home office
february 29 our 4th marriage anniversary! drive to depoe bay, or (staying @ whale cove inn)
march 1 luxuriate @ whale cove inn
march 2 weekend; in the am drive back home
march 3 weekend; no plans
march 4 until further notice: working @ home office

july nn, 2027 start of weirdroadtrip2027; drive through mount rainier national park to washtucna, wa (staying @ undetermined)
july nn, 2027 drive from washtucna, wa to missoula, mt (staying @ undetermined), after visiting palouse falls state park heritage site and the palouse
july nn, 2027 drive from missoula, mt through glacier national park to west glacier, mt (trying to stay @ lake mcdonald lodge)
july nn, 2027 glacier national park
july nn, 2027 drive from west glacier, mt to swiftcurrent lake, mt (trying to stay @ many glacier lodge)
july nn, 2027 visit glacier national park
july nn, 2027 drive from swiftcurrent lake, mt to laurel, mt (staying @ undetermined)
july nn, 2027 drive from laurel, mt through yellowstone national park to lake yellowstone, wy (trying to stay @ lake yellowstone hotel)
july nn, 2027 drive from lake yellowstone, wy through yellowstone national park to cody, wy (staying @ undetermined)
july nn, 2027 drive from cody, wy through yellowstone national park and grand teton national park to moran, wy (trying to stay @ jackson lake lodge)
july nn, 2027 drive from moran, wy through grand teton national park to tetonia, id (trying to stay @ teton peaks resort)
july nn, 2027 drive from tetonia, id through craters of the moon national monument to nampa, id (staying @ undetermined)
july nn, 2027 drive from nampa, id to fields, or (trying to stay @ the fields station)
july nn, 2027 drive from fields, or through crater lake national park to crater lake, or (trying to stay @ crater lake lodge)
july nn, 2027 visit crater lake national park
july nn, 2027 drive from crater lake, or through crater lake national park to yachats, or (staying @ undetermined)
july nn, 2027 visit yachats and surroundings
july nn, 2027 drive from yachats, or to cannon beach, or (staying @ hallmark resort & spa cannon beach)
july nn, 2027 visit cannon beach and surroundings
july nn, 2027 drive from cannon beach, or to home; end of #weirdroadtrip2027

february 27, 2028 travel to new orleans, la (staying @ undetermined)
february 29, 2028 5th marriage anniversary
march 3, 2028 travel back home


always check back to see if there are any updates, because as we all know, things can and will change ...

sunday july 30 august 5 august 22, 2023

scheduling agenda 2023 v2
while i am still not traveling for work (much), there is finally an exciting update to this here travel schedule. there will be a road trip this year, and while it may seem excessive to take 14 days to travel 3300 miles, it is at least a little more fun than just driving to sierra vista and back in a week, still covering 3000 miles. so in our infinite wisdom we decided to make this a family vacation. naturally, i will never turn down an opportunity to visit national parks like bryce canyon, death valley and or crater lake!
so, here is the current list of things and trips planned.

january 1-march 4 working @ home office
february 25 in the pm dinner @ fogo de chao portland to celebrate patricia's 25th birthday
february 28 in the pm travel to portland to stay @ the hotel vintage in portland, or, for one night
february 28 in the late pm have dinner at ringside steakhouse to celebrate our 15th marriage anniversary
march 4 weekend; pick up rental car for travel to sumner, wa
march 5 weekend; in the pm drive to sumner, wa (staying @ holiday inn express & suites sumner - puyallup area)
march 6-10 working @ client site in sumner, wa
march 10 in the pm drive back home
march 11 weekend; drop off rental car
march 13-22 working @ home office
march 22 in the late pm start of #weirdminitrip2023v1; drive to yachats, or (staying @ the yaquina cottage of the overleaf lodge & spa)
march 22-26 explore yachats and surroundings and⁄or relax
march 26 weekend; drive back home; end of #weirdminitrip2023v1
march 27 until further notice: working @ home office
april 29 weekend; visit wooden shoe tulip farm for their 2023 wooden shoe tulip fest
april 30 weekend; get up at the ass-crack of dawn to take sunrise photos at wooden shoe tulip farm
may 1 until further notice: working @ home office

june 16 start of #weirdroadtrip2023; drive from home to twin falls, id (staying @ holiday inn twin falls)
june 17 drive from twin falls, id to bryce canyon city, ut (staying @ best western plus bryce canyon grand hotel)
june 18 drive from bryce canyon city, ut to page, az (staying @ courtyard by marriott page at lake powell) after visiting bryce canyon national park
june 19 drive from page, az to globe, az (staying @ best western copper hills inn) after visiting sunset crater volcano national monument, montezuma castle national monument, and sedona
june 20 drive from globe, az to sierra vista, az (staying @ hampton inn sierra vista) after visiting tombstone and bisbee
june 21 visit family and friends in sierra vista, az
june 22 drive from sierra vista, az to brawley, ca through the sonora desert (staying @ brawley inn hotel & conference center)
june 23 drive from brawley, ca to palm springs, ca (staying @ kimpton rowan palm springs) after visiting the salton sea and joshua tree national park
june 24 visit friends and possibly the living desert in palm springs, ca
june 25 drive from palm springs, ca to death valley, ca (staying @ the inn at death valley) while visiting death valley national park
june 26 drive from death valley, ca through death valley national park to carson city, nv (staying @ hampton inn & suites carson city)
june 27 drive from carson city, nv to klamath falls, or (staying @ holiday inn express & suites klamath falls central) after visiting lava beds national monument or lassen volcanic national park
june 28 drive from klamath falls, or through crater lake national park to redmond, or (staying @ scp (soul community planet) redmond)
june 29 drive from redmond, or through silver falls state park to home; end of #weirdroadtrip2023

june 30 pto; rest!
july 1-2 weekend; rest some more!
july 3 work @ home office
july 4 independence day

july 5 until further notice: working @ home office

august 26 attend cruising mcminnville 2023 car show and cruise in downtown mcminnville, or

september 11 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to denver, co (staying @ undetermined)
september 12 working @ client office in denver, co
september 13 visiting clients in monument, colorado springs, co
september 14 travel back home

september 15 until further notice: working @ home office

september 20 travel first class to los angeles, ca (staying @ the hollywood roosevelt)
september 20 in the evening, attend promises featuring floating points with shabaka hutchings, kieran hebden, dan snaith, karalLis coverdale, hinako omori, john escreet, and the los angeles studio orchestra @ hollywood bowl
september 21 travel first class back home

october 12 in the late pm start of #weirdminitrip2023v2; drive to yachats, or (staying @ the a lul quoy cottage of the overleaf lodge & spa)
october 13-14 explore yachats and surroundings and⁄or relax
october 14 weekend; @ 9.20am view solar eclipse, path of annularity from the coast
october 15 weekend; drive back home; end of #weirdminitrip2023v2
october 16 until further notice: working @ home office

july nn, 2027 start of weirdroadtrip2027; drive to washtucna, wa
july nn, 2027 drive from washtucna, wa to missoula, mt
july nn, 2027 drive from missoula, mt to west glacier, (staying @ lake mcdonald lodge)
july nn, 2027 visit glacier national park
july nn, 2027 drive from west glacier, mt to swiftcurrent lake, mt (staying @ many glacier lodge)
july nn, 2027 visit glacier national park
july nn, 2027 drive from swiftcurrent lake, mt to laurel, mt
july nn, 2027 drive from laurel, mt to lake yellowstone, wy (staying @ lake yellowstone hotel)
july nn, 2027 drive from lake yellowstone, wy to cody, wy
july nn, 2027 drive from cody, wy to moran, wy (staying @ jackson lake lodge)
july nn, 2027 drive from moran, wy to tetonia, id (staying @ teton peaks resort)
july nn, 2027 drive from tetonia, id to nampa, id
july nn, 2027 drive from nampa, id to fields, or (staying @ the fields station)
july nn, 2027 drive from fields, or to crater lake, or (staying @ crater lake lodge)
july nn, 2027 visit crater lake national park
july nn, 2027 drive from crater lake, or to yachats, or
july nn, 2027 visit yachats and surroundings
july nn, 2027 drive from yachats, or to cannon beach, or (staying @ hallmark resort & spa cannon beach
july nn, 2027 visit cannon beach and surroundings
july nn, 2027 drive from cannon beach, or to home; end of #weirdroadtrip2027

february 27, 2028 travel to new orleans, la (staying @ undetermined)
february 29, 2028 5th marriage anniversary
march 3, 2028 travel back home


always check back to see if there are any updates, because as we all know, things change pretty fast ...

monday april 24 tuesday july 25, 2023

scheduling agenda 2023 v1
in 2022 i traveled only 3 times for work: 2 client visits in sacramento, ca and las vegas, nv, 1 internal conference in santa barbie, ca. it does not look like there is going to be more travel in 2023, because it seems most clients prefer virtual meetings over in-person meetings. certainly it saves our clients mucho dineros and it saves me countless hours of travel, but i do miss seeing their reactions when doing my training sessions. as well as i miss traveling and discovering new places. but, i should not complain, so i will not.
that said, this is an exhaustive list of things and trips planned.

january 1-march 4 working @ home office
february 25 in the pm dinner @ fogo de chao portland to celebrate patricia's 25th birthday
february 28 in the pm travel to portland to stay @ the hotel vintage in portland, or, for one night
february 28 in the late pm have dinner at ringside steakhouse to celebrate our 15th marriage anniversary
march 4 weekend; pick up rental car for travel to sumner, wa
march 5 weekend; in the pm drive to sumner, wa (staying @ holiday inn express & suites sumner - puyallup area)
march 6-10 working @ client site in sumner, wa
march 10 in the pm drive back home
march 11 weekend; drop off rental car

march 13-22 working @ home office
march 22 in the late pm start of #weirdminitrip2023v1; drive to yachats, or (staying @ the yaquina cottage of the overleaf lodge & spa)
march 22-26 explore yachats and surroundings and⁄or relax
march 26 weekend; drive back home; end of #weirdminitrip2023v1

march 27 until further notice: working @ home office

march 24-april 30 visit wooden shoe tulip farm for their 2023 wooden shoe tulip fest

september 19 travel to los angeles, ca (staying @ undetermined)
september 20 attend promises featuring floating points with shabaka hutchings, kieran hebden, dan snaith, karalLis coverdale, hinako omori, john escreet, and the los angeles studio orchestra @ hollywood bowl
september 21 travel back home


february 27, 2028 travel to new orleans, la (staying @ undetermined)
february 29, 2028 5th marriage anniversary
march 3, 2028 travel back home

always check back to see if there are any updates, because as we all know, things change pretty fast ...

friday february 3 wednesday february 22, 2023

scheduling agenda 2022 v2
well well well, finally there is a change in my calendar! first official work trip since march 2020 has been booked!
i am so excited to go on-site with clients again and while our reopening will take some i will gladly replace zoom meetings with on-site, person-to-person meetings. there are just some things that are much better dealt with in person rather than hoping everyone, someone pays attention on a zoom call.

may 7-8 weekend; no plans
may 9 working @ home office
may 10 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to sacramento, ca (staying @ springhill suites sacramento natomas)
may 11-12 work @ client site in sacramento, ca
may 13 in the am travel back home (yes, flying in friday the 13th!); in the pm working @ home office
may 14 weekend; no plans
may 15 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony kalmar conducts mahler's ninth symphony @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
may 16-26 working @ home office

may 27 in the late pm start of #weirdminitrip2022; drive to yachats, or (staying @ overleaf lodge & spa)
may 28-29 relax in & around yachats, or
may 30 memorial day; birthday travis; drive back home; end of #weirdminitrip2022
may 31 until further notice: working @ home office

june 27 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to las vegas, nv (staying @ springhill suites las vegas convention center)
june 28-29 working @ client site in las vegas, nv
june 30 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
july 1 working @ home office
july 2-3 weekend; no plans
july 4 independence day; no plans
july 5 until further notice: working @ home office

july 17 visit the 2020 concours d'elegance on the pacific university campus in forest grove, or
july 19 until further notice: working @ home office

august 14 in the am travel to st. louis, mo (staying @ hampton inn & suites at forest park)
august 15-16 working @ client site in st. louis, mo
august 17 in the am working @ hotel; in the pm travel back home
august 18 until further notice: working @ home office

september 2 in the late pm start of #weirdminitrip2022v2; drive to yachats, or (staying @ the amanda cottage of the overleaf lodge & spa)
september 3-4 explore yachats and surroundings and⁄or relax
september 5 labor day: drive back home; end of #weirdminitrip2022v2
september 6 until further notice: working @ home office

october 24 in the pm travel to santa barbara, ca (staying @ hilton santa barbara beachfront resort)
october 25-27 psg conference
october 27 in the late pm travel back home
october 28 working @ home office

november 17 start of #weirdeurotrip2022; travel to sea for flight to ams thru kef
november 18 arrive in ams; drive to landal strand resort ouddorp duin
november 18-27 vacation!
november 28: travel to ams for flight to sea thru kef
november 28 travel home; end of #weirdeurotrip2022


november 29 rest!
november 30 until further notice: worjing @ home office

monday april 25tuesday may 17monday may 23tuesday may 24tuesday june 7 tuesday july 26monday august 8 tuesday november 29, 2022

scheduling agenda 2022 v1
it has now been 2 years since the pandemic started and while the company i work for almost started opening up for travel again, omicron hit and we are still stuck doing our client engagements through zoom. and yes, i am developing zoom fatigue so i can barely wait until i get to travel again.
other than what is listed below there are no plans to travel as of yet, although i am percolating a way to visit my parents some time this year. but this will also depend on how the coronavirus behaves and whether the usa and⁄or europe will go into lockdown.

january 1 until further notice: working @ home office
february 12 weekend; in the pm travel to the hotel vintage in portland, or, for one night
february 12 weekend; dinner at mcmenamins broadway pub followed by experiencing beyond van gogh @ oregon convention center
february 13 weekend; in the am travel back home; superb owl lvi
february 14 until further notice: continue working @ home office

april 2 weekend; sunrise visit of 2022 tulip fest @ wooden shoe tulip farm

april ?; sunset visit of 2022 tulip fest @ wooden shoe tulip farm
april 16 weekend; afternoon & sunrise family visit of 2022 tulip fest @ wooden shoe tulip farm

may 15 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony kalmar conducts mahler's ninth symphony @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall

november 17 start of #weirdeurotrip2022; travel to sea for flight to ams thru kef
november 18 arrive in ams; drive to landal strand resort ouddorp duin
november 18-27 vacation!
november 28: travel to ams for flight to sea thru kef
november 28 travel home; end of #weirdeurotrip2022

tuesday february 1 friday april 1, 2022

scheduling agenda 2021 v2
it has been a year and a half since the corona virus pandemic grounded everyone and everything. all my work is done through virtual meetings and it will remain virtual for the foreseeable future thanks to fucking morons not doing to bare minimum to keep the virus from spreading and mutating and spreading. no vacations have been scheduled, but while denise and patricia went down to georgia, travis and i got out to the coast for a couple of days. there might be another short getaway, but there might also not be and spending christmas in new york city also looks a little dubious.
so, my schedule will still look pretty empty; hopefully we will be able to get back to quote unquote normal around summer time 2022, when a majority of people will have been vaccinated and the various variants have been successfully combatted. until then:

working @ home office
march 5 start of #weirdminitrip2021; drive to yachats, or (staying @ fireside motel)
march 6 explore yachats and surroundings
march 7 drive back home; end of #weirdminitrip2021
working @ home office
august 21 take denise and patricia to pdx for their trip to gainesville and thomasville, ga
august 22 start of #weirdminitrip2021v2; drive to yachats, or (staying @ fireside motel)
august 23 explore yachats and surroundings
august 24 drive back home; end of #weirdminitrip2021v2
working @ home office
august 26 pick up denise from pdx
september 1 pick up patricia from pdx
working @ home office
etc.
october 3 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing mahler's second symphony @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
october 7 start of #weirdminitrip2021v3; drive to joseph, or (staying @ kokanee inn)
october 8 drive to burns⁄hines through hells canyon (staying @ best western ryan & rory inns)
october 9 drive to klamath falls, or through the alvord desert (staying @ holiday inn express inn & suites klamath falls central)
october 10 drive back home past crater lake; end of #weirdminitrip2021v3
working @ home office
etc.
november 6 weekend; in the pm travel to the hotel vintage in portland, or
november 6 weekend; dinner at noble rot followed by seeing christopher titus @ helium comedy club
november 7 weekend; in the am travel back home; in the pm visit the oregon symphony bronfman plays rachmaninoff @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
working @ home office
etc.
december 3 start of #weirdminitrip2021v4; drive to yachats, or (staying @ the amanda cottage of the overleaf lodge & spa (the sister hotel to the fireside motel)
december 4 explore yachats and surroundings during the last king tide of the year
december 5 drive back home; end of #weirdminitrip2021v4

working @ home office
etc.
christmas 2021 in NYC
may 15 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony kalmar conducts mahler's ninth symphony @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall

saturday september 4thursday september 9sunday september 19tuesday november 16, 2021

scheduling agenda 2021 v1
it has almost been a year since the corona virus pandemic grounded everyone and everything. all my work is still done through virtual meetings and, frankly, i am getting pretty tired of zoom. no vacations have been scheduled, yet, but we will go out for a few quick weekend getaways. maybe there will be bigger travel plans in the (near) future, but there is always the possibility of spending christmas in new york city.
so, my schedule will still look pretty empty; hopefully we will be able to get back to quote unquote normal around summer time, when a majority of people will have been vaccinated. until then:

working @ home office
march 5 start of #weirdminitrip2021; drive to yachats, or (staying @ fireside motel)
march 6 explore yachats and surroundings
march 7 drive back home; end of #weirdminitrip2021
working @ home office
etc.
christmas 2021 in NYC

saturday february 27, 2021

scheduling agenda 2020 v3
the corona virus pandemic still has everyone and everything grounded, possibly until the end of the year, so it looks like there will be very little travel, just like there has been no travel since march 19! all my work is now done through virtual meetings. all our vacations, #fathersontrip2020 and #weirdroadtrip2020, have been canceled, but we will go out for a quick weekend getaway and there is still the possibility of spending christmas in new york city, but that depends on how the pandemic is treated and/or whether it is going to be safe to travel.
so, my schedule for the almost the next year looks a little empty; hopefully it will be fleshed out more towards the end of 2020:

august 3-5 working @ home office
august 6 pto; no plans
august 7 start of #weirdminitrip2020; drive to astoria, or (staying @ cannery pier hotel & spa)
august 8 drive to newport, or (staying @ hallmark resort newport)
august 9 drive back home; end of #weirdminitrip2020
august 10-14 working @ home office
august 15-16 weekend; no plans
etc.
september 10 start of #weirdminitrip2020v2; drive to bend, or (staying @ doubletree by hilton hotel bend)
september 11 drive to klamath falls, or via crater lake (staying @ best western plus olympic inn)
september 12 drive to bend, or via lakeview, or (staying @ residence inn bend)
september 13 drive back home, end of #weirdminitrip2020v2
september 14-18 working @ home office
september 19-20 weekend; no plans
etc.
october 4 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing sibelius' second @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
october 18 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing rachmaninoff's rhapsody @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall

november 26 thanksgiving
november 27 start of #weirdminitrip2020v3; drive to brookings, or (staying @ beachfront inn)
november 28 drive to yachats, or (staying @ fireside motel)
november 29 drive back home; end of #weirdminitrip2020v3
november 30 working @ home office
etc.

christmas 2020 in NYC

february 2 see KODO performing one earth tour 2021: legacy @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
february 18 see gogo penguin @ revolution hall
february 28 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing mendelssohn's scottish & gabriel kahane @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
april 25 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing debussy, abrahamsen & shostakovich @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
may 23 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing carmina burana @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
june 13 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing mahler's ninth @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall


wednesday august 5monday september 21thursday november 26, 2020

scheduling agenda 2020 v2
suddenly things screeched to a halt, the corona virus pandemic has left many people to shelter in place and work from home, which means that my work and travel schedule drastically changed. my client in honolulu was the first to suspend all non-essential travel, which meant that our family spring break was canceled, and not long after we also made the decision to postpone the #fathersontrip2020 to juneau. other client visits that were pending got either postponed or moved to virtual meetings.
this is what the schedule looks like currently:

march 30-april 3 working @ home office
april 4-5 weekend; no plans
april 6-10 working @ home office
april 11-12 weekend; no plans
april 13 working @ home office
april 14-17 working @ home office for client in spokane, wa
april 18-19 weekend; no plans
april 20-24 working @ home office
april 25 weekend; no plans
april 26 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing michael curry's night of the mayas @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
april 27-may 1 working @ home office
may 2-3 weekend; no plans
may 4-8 working @ home office or travel to scottsdale, az for a 3 day on-site
may 9 weekend; no plans
may 10 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony joshua bell playing dvořák's violin concerto and shostakovich's eighth @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
may 11-15 working @ home office

may 16-17 weekend; no plans
may 18-22 working @ home office
may 23-24 weekend; no plans
may 25-29 working @ home office
may 30 weekend; travis' 11th birthday!
may 31 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing ravel's boléro @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
june 1-5 working @ home office
june 6 weekend; no plans
june 7 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing the moldau and water music @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
june 8-12 working @ home office
june 13-14 weekend; no plans
monday june 15 see gogo penguin @ revolution hall
june 15-19 working @ home office
june 20-21 weekend; no plans
june 22-26 working @ home office
june 27-28 weekend; no plans
june 29-july 3 working @ home office
july 4-5 weekend; no plans
july 6-10 working @ home office

saturday july 11 start of #weirdroadtrip2020; drive from home to burns/hines, or, through john day fossil beds - painted hills unit (staying @ best western rory & ryan inns)
sunday july 12 drive from burns/hines, or to austin, nv, through the alvord desert (staying @ paradise ranch castle)
monday july 13 drive from austin, nv to overton, nv (staying @ north shore inn at lake mead)
tuesday july 14 drive from overton, nv to page, az through the valley of fire and zion national park (staying @ courtyard page at lake powell)
wednesday july 15 drive from page, az to sedona, az visiting navajo national monument and through sunset crater volcano national monument (staying @ hilton sedona resort at bell rock)
thursday july 16 drive from sedona, az to willcox, az (staying @ holiday inn & suites willcox)
friday july 17 drive from willcox, az to sierra vista, az (staying @ windemere hotel & conference center)
saturday july 18 attend buena hs jrotc 40th reunion
sunday july 19 drive from sierra vista, az to tucson, az through the patagonia late state park (staying @ embassy suites by hilton tucson paloma village)
monday july 20 drive from tucson, az to scottsdale, az (staying @ holiday inn & suites scottsdale north - airpark)
tuesday july 21 drive from scottsdale, az to lake havasu city, az (staying @ heat hotel)
wednesday july 22 drive from lake havasu city, az to death valley, ca, through death valley national park (staying @ the oasis - the inn at death valley)
thursday july 23 drive from death valley, ca to carson city, nv through death valley national park and visiting devils postpile national monument (staying @ my place hotels carson city/reno)
friday july 24 drive from carson city, nv to klamath falls, or through lassen volcanic national park and lava beds national monument (staying @ holiday inn & suites klamath falls central)
saturday july 25 drive from klamath falls, or to bend, or, through crater lake national park (staying @ mcmenamins old st. francis school)
sunday july 26 drive bend, or to home, through silver falls state park; end of #weirdroadtrip2020


october 4 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing sibelius' second @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
october 18 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing rachmaninoff's rhapsody @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall

christmas 2020 in NYC?

february 2 see KODO performing one earth tour 2021: legacy @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
february 18 see gogo penguin @ revolution hall
february 28 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing mendelssohn's scottish & gabriel kahane @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
april 25 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing debussy, abrahamsen & shostakovich @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
may 23 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing carmina burana @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
june 13 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing mahler's ninth @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall

tuesday march 31wednesday april 8thursday april 16 friday may 15, 2020


scheduling agenda 2020 v1
welcome to the first schedule of 2020. i easily maintained my 75k gold status with alaska airlines, i maintained my president's club status with hertz, i am diamond with hilton and i am platinum elite with ihg; i reached gold elite with marriott, and i am platinum with best western. hopefully, this means that the majority of hotels for #weirdroadtrip2020 will be free of charge. whether or not this road trip will materialize as i am currently planning it we will know somewhere february/march timeframe, so stay tuned for updates.
naturally, i will keep on collecting status because travel is continuing unabated as you can see from below schedule:

january 1 new year's day
january 2-3 working @ client site in portland, or
january 4 weekend; no plans
january 5 weekend; in the pm travel to las vegas, nv (staying @ luxor las vegas)
january 6-8 working @ client site in las vegas, nv
january 9 travel back home
january 10 working @ home office
january 11 weekend; no plans
january 12 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing also sprach zarathustra @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
january 12 in the evening travel to phoenix, az (staying @ hilton garden inn phoenix midtown)
january 13-14 working @ client site in phoenix, az
january 15 travel from phoenix, az to anchorage, ak (staying @ hampton inn anchorage)
january 16-17 working @ client site in anchorage, ak
january 18 weekend; travel back home
january 19 weekend; no plans
january 20 working @ home office
january 21 travel to honolulu, hi (staying @ holiday inn express waikiki)
january 21 in the pm visit pearl harbor national memorial hawai'i
january 22-23 working @ client site in honolulu, hi
january 24 travel back home
january 25-26 weekend; no plans
january 27 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to las vegas, nv (staying @ springhill suites las vegas convention center)
january 28 working @ client site in las vegas, nv
january 29 travel from las vegas, nv to san francisco, ca (staying @ hilton san francisco financial district)
january 30-31 working @ client site in san francisco, ca
february 1 in the am travel back home; weekend; no plans
february 2 weekend; no plans
february 3 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to draper, ut (staying @ fairfield inn salt lake city draper)
february 4-5 working @ client site in draper, ut
february 6 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
february 7 working @ home office
february 8 weekend; no plans
february 9 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing pictures at an exhibition @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
february 9 in the evening travel to bellevue, wa (staying @ courtyard seattle bellevue/redmond)
february 10 working @ client site in bellevue, wa
february 11 travel from seattle, wa to phoenix, az (staying @ homewood suites by hilton phoenix-biltmore)
february 12-13 working @ client site in phoenix, az
february 14 travel back home
february 15-16 weekend; no plans
february 17-18 working @ client site in salem, or
february 19-21 working @ home office
february 22 weekend; patricia's birthday
february 23 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing shostakovich's eleventh @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
february 23 in the evening travel to scottsdale, az (staying @ hampton inn & suites scottsdale/riverwalk)
february 24-25 working @ client site in scottsdale, az
february 26 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
february 27 working @ home office
february 28 working @ client site in portland, or
february 29 weekend; anniversary; staying @ kimpton hotel vintage portland and dinner @ departure!
march 1 weekend; no plans
march 2-6 working @ home office
march 7-8 weekend; no plans

march 8 in the evening travel to san francisco, ca (staying @ hilton san francisco financial district)
march 9-10 working @ client site in san francisco, ca
march 11 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
march 12-13 working @ home office
march 14-15 weekend; no plans
march 16-18 working @ client sites in portland, or
march 19 start of #fathersontrip2020; in the early am travel to juneau, ak with travis (staying @ baranof downtown, bw signature collection)
march 20 explore juneau, ak with travis
march 21 in the am explore juneau, ak; in the pm travel back home; end of #fathersontrip2020
march 22 weekend; no plans
march 23 travel to honolulu, hi (staying @ holiday inn express waikiki)
march 24-26 working @ client site in honolulu, hi
march 27 working remotely in honolulu, hi
march 28 weekend; no plans
march 29 weekend; travel back home

march 30-april 3 working @ home office
april 4-5 weekend; no plans
april 6 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to scottsdale, az (staying @ undetermined)
april 7-9 working @ client site in scottsdale, az
april 10 travel back home
april 11-12 weekend; no plans
april 13 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to spokane, wa (staying @ undetermined)
april 14-15 working @ client site in spokane, wa
april 16 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
april 17 working @ home office
april 18-19 weekend; no plans
april 20 working @ home office
april 21 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to austin, tx (staying @ hyatt regency austin)
april 22-23 psg conference in austin, tx
april 24 travel back home

april 25 weekend; no plans
april 26 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing michael curry's night of the mayas @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
may 10 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony joshua bell playing dvořák's violin concerto and shostakovich's eighth @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
may 31 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing ravel's boléro @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
june 7 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing the moldau and water music @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall

monday june 15 see gogo penguin @ revolution hall

saturday july 11 start of #weirdroadtrip2020; drive from home to burns/hines, or, through john day fossil beds - painted hills unit (staying @ best western rory & ryan inns)
sunday july 12 drive from burns/hines, or to austin, nv, through the alvord desert (staying @ paradise ranch castle)
monday july 13 drive from austin, nv to overton, nv (staying @ north shore inn at lake mead)
tuesday july 14 drive from overton, nv to page, az through the valley of fire and zion national park (staying @ courtyard page at lake powell)
wednesday july 15 drive from page, az to sedona, az visiting navajo national monument and through sunset crater volcano national monument (staying @ hilton sedona resort at bell rock)
thursday july 16 drive from sedona, az to willcox, az (staying @ holiday inn & suites willcox)
friday july 17 drive from willcox, az to sierra vista, az (staying @ windemere hotel & conference center)
saturday july 18 attend buena hs jrotc 40th reunion
sunday july 19 drive from sierra vista, az to tucson, az through the patagonia late state park (staying @ embassy suites by hilton tucson paloma village)
monday july 20 drive from tucson, az to scottsdale, az (staying @ holiday inn & suites scottsdale north - airpark)
tuesday july 21 drive from scottsdale, az to lake havasu city, az (staying @ heat hotel)
wednesday july 22 drive from lake havasu city, az to death valley, ca, through death valley national park (staying @ the oasis - the inn at death valley)
thursday july 23 drive from death valley, ca to carson city, nv through death valley national park and visiting devils postpile national monument (staying @ my place hotels carson city/reno)
friday july 24 drive from carson city, nv to klamath falls, or through lassen volcanic national park and lava beds national monument (staying @ holiday inn & suites klamath falls central)
saturday july 25 drive from klamath falls, or to bend, or, through crater lake national park (staying @ mcmenamins old st. francis school)
sunday july 26 drive bend, or to home, through silver falls state park; end of #weirdroadtrip2020

october 4 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing sibelius' second @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
october 18 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing rachmaninoff's rhapsody @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall

christmas 2020 in NYC?

february 28 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing mendelssohn's scottish & gabriel kahane @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
april 25 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing debussy, abrahamsen & shostakovich @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
may 23 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing carmina burana @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
june 13 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing mahler's ninth @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall

saturday january 11thursday january 16friday february 7sunday february 9thursday february 20tuesday february 25sunday march 8, 2020


scheduling agenda 2019 v5
this is likely the last schedule for the year since i am not anticipating any changes to my travel plans. of course, most of 2020 is still wide open, so i expect quite a few changes for that period. again, due to my frequent travel, i have reached 75k gold status with alaska airlines again; i am platinum with hilton and ihg; i might reach gold with marriott, so it could very well be that the majority of hotels for #weirdroadtrip2020 will be free of charge. whether or not this road trip will materialize as i am currently planning it we will know somewhere february/march timeframe, so stay tuned for updates.
this is my known schedule:

november 18-22 working @ home office
november 23 weekend; no plans
november 24 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing sibelius' the tempest @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
november 24 in the late pm travel to san francisco, ca (staying @ kimpton sir francis drake)
november 25-26 working @ client office in san francisco, ca
november 27 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
november 28 thanksgiving *gobblegobble*!
november 29 black friday; no plans (definitely not shopping)
november 30 anniversary dinner @ ringside steakhouse followed by a night @ kimpton hotel vintage portland for our 12th anniversary
december 1 weekend; no plans
december 2-3 working @ home office
december 4 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to stockton, ca (staying @ best western plus heritage inn)
december 5-6 working @ client site in stockton, ca
december 7 weekend; in the am travel back home
december 7 weekend; no plans
december 8 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing prokofiev's fifth @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
december 8 weekend; in the evening travel to bellevue, wa (staying @ courtyard seattle bellevue/redmond)
december 9-11 working @ client site in bellevue, wa
december 12 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
december 13 working @ home office
december 14-15 weekend; no plans
december 15 in the pm travel to scottsdale, az (staying @ hampton inn & suites phoenix/scottsdales on shea boulevard)
devember 16-17 working @ client site in scottsdale, az
december 18 travel to bellevue, wa (staying @ fairfield inn & suites seattle bellevue/redmond)
december 19-20 working @ client site in bellevue, wa
december 20 in the evening travel back home
december 21-22 weekend; no plans
december 23-24 working @ home office
december 25 christmas!
december 26-27 pto
december 28-29 weekend; no plans
december 30-31 working @ home office
january 1 new year's day
january 2-3 working @ client site in portland, or
january 4 weekend; no plans

january 5 weekend; in the pm travel to las vegas, nv (staying @ luxor las vegas)
january 6-8 working @ client site in las vegas, nv
january 9 travel back home
january 10 working @ home office
january 11 weekend; no plans
january 12 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing also sprach zarathustra @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
january 12 in the evening travel to phoenix, az (staying @ hilton garden inn phoenix midtown)
january 13-14 working @ client site in phoenix, az
january 15 travel from phoenix, az to anchorage, ak (staying @ hampton inn anchorage)
january 16-17 working @ client site in anchorage, ak
january 18 weekend; travel back home
january 19 weekend; no plans
february 9 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing pictures at an exhibition @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
february 23 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing shostakovich's eleventh @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
april 26 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing michael curry's night of the mayas @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
may 10 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony joshua bell playing dvořák's violin concerto and shostakovich's eighth @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
may 31 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing ravel's boléro @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
june 7 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing the moldau and water music @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall


some other things to look forward to …
monday june 15 see gogo penguin @ revolution hall

saturday july 11 start of #weirdroadtrip2020; drive from home to burns/hines, or, through john day fossil beds - painted hills unit (staying @ undetermined)
sunday july 12 drive from burns/hines, or to austin, nv, through the alvord desert (staying @ undetermined)
monday july 13 drive from austin, nv to overton, nv (staying @ north shore inn at lake mead)
tuesday july 14 drive from overton, nv to page, az through the valley of fire and zion national park (staying @ undetermined)
wednesday july 15 drive from page, az to flagstaff, az visiting navajo national monument and through sunset crater volcano national monument (staying @ undetermined)
thursday july 16 drive from flagstaff, az to willcox, az (staying @ undetermined)
friday july 17 drive from willcox, az to sierra vista, az (staying @ windemere hotel & conference center)
saturday july 18 attend buena hs jrotc 40th reunion
sunday july 19 drive from sierra vista, az to tucson, az through the patagonia late state park (staying @ undetermined)
monday july 20 drive from tucson, az to scottsdale, az (staying @ undetermined)
tuesday july 21 drive from scottsdale, az to lake havasu city, az (staying @ heat hotel)
wednesday july 22 drive from lake havasu city, az to death valley, ca, through death valley national park (staying @ the oasis - the inn at death valley)
thursday july 23 drive from death valley, ca to carson city, nv through death valley national park and visiting devils postpile national monument (staying @ my place hotels carson city/reno)
friday july 24 drive from carson city, nv to klamath falls, or through lassen volcanic national park and lava beds national monument (staying @ undetermined)
saturday july 25 drive from klamath falls, or to bend, or, through crater lake national park (staying @ mcmenamins old st. francis school)
sunday july 26 drive bend, or to home, through silver falls state park; end of #weirdroadtrip2020

christmas 2020 in NYC?

friday november 22saturday december 7friday december 13, 2019


scheduling agenda 2019 v4
moving towards the last quarter of the year already and travel has been and probably will be relentless. however, some time by the end of otober/beginning of november i should have reached the coveted 75k gold status with alaska again, meaning i can continue to travel reasonably comfortable in a lot of cases. but first, after this week, i get to go on a road trip with my dad, which we both have been looking forward to.
this is my known schedule:

september 3 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to irvine, ca (staying @ hilton garden inn irvine/orange county airport)
september 4-5 working @ client site in irvine, ca
september 6 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
september 7-8 weekend; no plans
september 9 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to hayward, ca (staying @ holiday inn express castro valley)
september 10 opa & oma arrive in seattle, wa
september 10-11 working @ client site in hayward, ca
september 12 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
september 13 working @ home office; in the pm opa & oma arrive @ a weird place 2.0
september 14-15 weekend; no plans
september 16-20 roadtrip with (o)pa!
september 16 day 1: drive from home via pendleton underground, to joseph, or (staying @ indian lodge motel)
september 17 day 2: drive from joseph, or through hells canyon to hines, or (staying @ best western rory & ryan inns)
september 18 day 3: drive from hines, or across the alvord desert to klamath falls, or (staying @ holiday inn express & suites klamath falls central)
september 19 day 4: drive from klamath falls, or around crater lake to bend, or (staying @ doubletree by hilton hotel bend)
september 20 day 5: drive from bend, or past the painted hills to home
september 21-22 weekend; no plans
september 23 working @ home office; 54th wedding anniversary opa & oma
september 24-26 working @ client office in sherwood, or
september 27 working @ home office
september 28 weekend; no plans
september 29 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing brahm's second @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
september 30-october 1 working @ home office
october 2 opa & oma leave for seattle, wa & home; working @ home office
october 3-4 working @ home office
october 5-6 weekend; no plans
october 7 working @ home office
october 8-9 working @ client site in lake oswego, or
october 10-11 working @ home office
october 12-13 weekend; no plans
october 14 in the am working @ home; in the pm travel to hayward, ca (staying @ holiday inn express castro valley)
october 15-16 working @ client site in hayward, ca
october 17 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
october 18 working @ home office
october 19 weekend; no plans
october 20 weekend; no plans; in the pm travel to camarillo, ca (staying @ hampton inn & suites camarillo)
october 21-22 working @ client office in camarillo, ca
octover 22 in the pm travel to santa monica, ca (staying @ doubletree suites by hilton hotel santa monica)
october 23-24 working @ client office in santa monica, ca
october 25 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
october 26 weekend; no plans
october 27 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing beethoven's fifth @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
october 28 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to torrance, ca (staying @ courtyard los angeles torrance/south bay)
october 29 working @ client site in torrance,ca
october 29 in the late pm travel to rosemead, ca (staying @ doubletree by hilton hotel los angeles - rosemead)
october 30 working @ client site in rosemead, ca
october 31 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
october 31 halloween!
november 1 working @ home office
november 2 weekend; no plans
november 3 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony hough playing mendelssohn @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
november 4-8 working @ home office
november 9-10 weekend; no plans
november 11 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to chatsworth, ca (staying @ radisson hotel chatsworth)
november 12-13 working @ client office in chatsworth, ca
november 14 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
november 15 working @ home office
november 16-17 weekend; no plans

november 18-22 working @ home office
november 23 weekend; no plans
november 24 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing sibelius' the tempest @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
november 24 in the late pm travel to san francisco, ca (staying @ kimpton sir francis drake)
november 25-26 working @ client office in san francisco, ca
november 27 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
november 28 thanksgiving *gobblegobble*!
november 29 black friday; no plans (definitely not shopping)
november 30 anniversary dinner @ ringside steakhouse followed by a night @ kimpton hotel vintage portland for our 12th anniversary
december 1 weekend; no plans
december 2-3 working @ home office
december 4 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to stockton, ca (staying @ best western plus heritage inn)
december 5-6 working @ client site in stockton, ca
december 7 weekend; in the am travel back home
december 7 weekend; no plans
december 8 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing prokofiev's fifth @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
december 8 weekend; in the evening travel to bellevue, wa (staying @ courtyard seattle bellevue/redmond)
december 9-11 working @ client site in bellevue, wa
december 12 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
december 13 working @ home office
december 14-15 weekend; no plans
december 15 in the pm travel to scottsdale, az (staying @ hampton inn & suites phoenix/scottsdales on shea boulevard)
devember 16-17 working @ client site in scottsdale, az
december 18 travel to bellevue, wa (staying @ fairfield inn & suites seattle bellevue/redmond)
december 19-20 working @ client site in bellevue, wa
december 20 in the evening travel back home
december 21-22 weekend; no plans
december 23-24 working @ home office
december 25 christmas!
december 26-27 working @ home office
december 28-29 weekend; no plans
december 30-31 working @ home office
january 1 new year's day
january 2-3 working @ home office
january 4 weekend; no plans
january 5 weekend; in the pm travel to las vegas, nv (staying @ undetermined)
january 6-8 working @ client site in las vegas, nv
january 9 travel back home
january 10 working @ home office
january 11 weekend; no plans
january 12 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing also sprach zarathustra @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall

some things to look forward to be planned as well ...
june 16 marriage of sean & diana in edinburgh, scotland
june 18-25 surprise visit campion!
june 29 visit sean
july 1 visit david & elizabeth
christmas 2019 in NYC

july 11-26 #weirdroadtrip2020
christmas 2020 in NYC?
#weirdeurotrip2021?

monday september 9thursday september 12 monday september 23wednesday october 9friday november 1thursday november 7monday november 18, 2019

scheduling agenda 2019 v3
it is almost halfway through the year so i thought it would be a good idea to start with a clean slate again. so far this year has been a little rough travel-wise, just because i am away from home so much, but at least my status with alaska is such that i have been upgraded to first class for most of my flights so far. at the end of my birthday week i am exactly 163 miles short of reaching gold status for the year, which means that i have the remainder of the year to reach 75k gold (only 35,000 miles). sadly, i will probably reach this milestone somewhere in november if things keep going the way they are!
this is what my known schedule is:

june 14 travel back home
june 15-16 weekend; no plans
june 17 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to santa ana, ca (staying @ doubletree club by hilton orange county airport)
june 18-19 working for client @ yardi santa ana office
june 20 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
june 21 working @ home office
june 22 weekend
june 23 weekend; in the late pm travel to downey, ca (staying @ embassy suites los angeles-downey)
june 24-26 working @ client site in commerce, ca
june 27 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
june 28 working @ home office
june 29 weekend; visit from sean
june 30 weekend; drive sean to seattle airport; spend time in seattle, wa
july 1-2 pto
july 3 working @ home office
july 4 independence day!
july 5 working @ home office
july 6 weekend; no plans
july 7 weekend; in the late pm travel to san diego, ca (staying @ hyatt regency la jolla at aventine)
july 8-9 working @ client site in san diego, ca
july 9 in the late pm travel to ontario, ca (staying @ holiday inn ontario airport)
july 10-11 working @ client site in ontario, ca
july 12 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
july 13-14 weekend; no plans
july 15 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to bend, or (staying @ la quinta by wyndham bend)
july 16-18 working @ client site in bend, or
july 19 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
july 20 weekend; no plans
july 21 weekend; in the late pm travel to campbell, ca (staying @ best western the inn of los gatos)
july 22 working @ client site in campbell, ca
july 23 travel to las vegas, nv (staying @ las vegas marriott)
july 24-25 working @ client site in las vegas, nv
july 26 travel back home
july 27-28 weekend; no plans
july 29 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to reno, nv (staying @ springhill suites reno)
july 30-august 1 working @ client site in reno, nv
august 2 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
august 3 weekend; no plans
august 4 weekend; in the late pm travel to las vegas, nv (staying @ las vegas marriott)
august 5-7 working @ client site in las vegas, nv
august 8 travel back home
august 9 working @ home office
august 10-11 weekend; no plans
august 12-16 working @ home office
august 17-18 weekend; no plans
august 18 in the late pm travel to bellevue, wa (staying @ fairfield inn & suites seattle bellevue/redmond)
august 19-20 working @ client site in bellevue, wa
august 20 in the late pm travel back home
august 21 working @ home office
august 22 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to los angeles, ca (staying @ sheraton grand los angeles)
august 23 working @ client office in los angeles, ca
august 23 in the late pm travel back home
august 24-25 weekend; no plans
august 26-27 working @ client office in salem, or
august 28 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to newport beach, ca (staying @ best western plus newport mesa inn)
august 29-30 working @ client office in newport beach, ca
august 30 in the evening travel back home
august 31-september 1 weekend; no plans
september 2 labor day; no plans
september 3 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to irvine, ca (staying @ hilton garden inn irvine/orange county airport)
september 4-5 working @ client site in irvine, ca
september 6 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
september 7-8 weekend; no plans

september 9 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to hayward, ca (staying @ holiday inn express castro valley)
september 10 opa & oma arrive in seattle, wa
september 10-11 working @ client site in hayward, ca
september 12 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
september 13 working @ home office; in the pm opa & oma arrive @ a weird place 2.0
september 14-15 weekend; no plans
september 16-20 roadtrip with (o)pa!
september 16 day 1: drive from home via pendleton underground, to joseph, or (staying @ indian lodge motel)
september 17 day 2: drive from joseph, or through hells canyon to hines, or (staying @ best western rory & ryan inns)
september 18 day 3: drive from hines, or across the alvord desert to klamath falls, or (staying @ holiday inn express & suites klamath falls central)
september 19 day 4: drive from klamath falls, or around crater lake to bend, or (staying @ doubletree by hilton hotel bend)
september 20 day 5: drive from bend, or past the painted hills to home
september 21-22 weekend; no plans
september 23 working @ client office in sherwood, or; 54th wedding anniversary opa & oma
september 24-25 working @ client office in sherwood, or
september 26-27 working @ home office
september 28 weekend; no plans
september 29 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing brahm's second @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
september 30 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to las vegas, nv (staying @ las vegas marriott)
october 1 opa & oma leave for seattle, wa & home
october 1-3 working @ client site in las vegas, nv
octover 4 travel back home
october 5-6 weekend; no plans

october 23-24 working @ client office in santa monica, ca
october 25 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
october 26 weekend; no plans
october 27 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing beethoven's fifth @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
november 2 weekend; no plans
november 3 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony hough playing mendelssohn @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
november 23 weekend; no plans
november 24 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing sibelius' the tempest @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
december 7 weekend; no plans
december 8 weekend; in the pm visit the oregon symphony playing prokofiev's fifth @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall

some things to look forward to be planned as well ...
june 16 marriage of sean & diana in edinburgh, scotland
june 18-25 surprise visit campion!
june 29 visit sean
july 1 visit david & elizabeth

christmas 2019 in NYC

friday june 14sunday june 16tuesday june 25 sunday june 30monday july 15monday august 12friday august 16, 2019

scheduling agenda 2019 v2
the second version of my schedule? in mid-february? what?! things have definitely heated up quick and 2019 will be a heavy travel year, but it looks like my 75k gold status with alaska airlines, my presidential club status with hertz rental cars, and elite status with several hotel chains will make my travel pretty comfortable ... because i am a fucking princess!
this is my schedule from february until mid-march, with more to come, rapidly.

february 1 pto; no plans
february 2-3 weekend; no plans
february 4-5 working @ home office
february 5 in the late pm travel to san francisco, ca (staying @ hotel del sol)
february 6-7 working @ client site in san francisco, ca
february 7 in the late pm travel back home
february 8 working @ home office
february 9-10 weekend; no plans
february 11-12 pto; prepare for snowmageddon2019
february 13 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to san bruno, ca (staying @ la quinta inn & suites san francisco airport west)
february 14 working @ client site in san bruno, ca
february 15 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
february 16 weekend; no plans
february 17 weekend; in the pm travel to albuquerque, nm (staying @ doubletree by hilton hotel albuquerque)
february 18-19 working @ client site in albuquerque, nm
february 20 travel to denver, co (staying @ comfort inn & suites denver stapleton)
february 21-22 working @ client site in denver, co
february 23 weekend; snowed in in denver, co
february 24 in the am travel back home; in the evening have dinner @ bamboo sushi lake oswego (and perhaps dessert at salt & straw lake oswego) in celebration of patricia's 21st birthday
february 25 in the pm travel to la jolla, ca (staying @ hampton inn san diego del mar)
february 26-27 working @ client office in la jolla, ca
february 28 travel back home
march 1 pto; celebrate 2 3/4th marriage anniversary
march 2-3 weekend; no plans
march 4 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to san francisco, ca (staying @ radisson hotel oakland airport)
march 5-7 working @ client site in san francisco, ca
march 8 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
march 9-10 weekend; no plans
march 11 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to menlo park, ca (staying @ days inn by wyndham redwood city)
march 12-14 working @ client site in menlo park, ca
march 15 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
march 11-15 working @ home office
march 16-17 weekend; no plans
march 17 in the late pm travel to la jolla, ca (staying @ hampton inn san diego del mar)
march 18 on-site @ client site in san diego, ca
march 19 travel to los angeles, ca (staying @ doubletree los angeles downtown)
march 20 working @ client site in los angeles, ca
march 21 travel back home
march 22 working @ home office
march 23-24 weekend; no plans
march 25 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to irvine, ca (staying @ hilton garden inn irvine/orange county airport)
march 26-27 working @ client site in irvine, ca
march 28 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
march 29 working @ home office
march 30-31 weekend; no plans
april 1 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to menlo park, ca (staying @ comfort inn palo alto near university)
april 2-4 working @ client site in menlo park, ca
april 5 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
april 6-7 weekend; no plans
april 8 working @ home office
april 9 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to los angeles, ca (staying @ doubletree los angeles downtown)
april 10-11 working @ client-site in los angeles, ca
april 12 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
april 13-14 weekend; visit tulip fest in woodburn, or
april 14 in the late pm travel to kent, wa (staying @ hotel interurban)
april 15-16 working @ client site in kent, wa
april 16 in the late evening travel to moreno valley, ca (staying @ best western moreno valley)
april 17-18 working @ client site in moreno valley, ca
april 19 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
april 20 weekend; in the early am, and possibly in the late pm, visit tulip fest in woodburn, or
april 21 weekend; easter; no plans
april 22 travel to scottsdale, az (staying @ homewood suites by hilton phoenix/scottsdale) april 23-24 working @ client site in scottsdale, az
april 25 travel back home
april 26 working @ home office
april 27-28 weekend; no plans
april 29-30 pto
may 1-3 working @ home office
may 4-5 weekend; no plans
may 6 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to scottsdale, az (staying @ fairfield inn scottsdale north)
may 7-9 working @ client site in scottsdale, az
may 10 travel back home
may 11 weekend; no plans
may 12 mother's day; visit the oregon symphony playing an audio & video version of the peer gynt suite @ the arlene schnitzer concert hall
may 12 in the late pm travel to commerce, ca (staying @ best western plus commerce hotel)
may 13-14 working @ client site in commerce, ca
may 14 in the late pm travel to bellevue, wa (staying @ silver cloud inn bellevue downtown)
may 15-16 working @ client site in bellevue, wa
may 17 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
may 18-19 weekend; visit lauri & kevin
may 20 working @ home office
may 21 working @ client site in salem, or
may 22 in the am working @ home office; in the late pm travel to los angeles, ca (staying @ the standard la)
may 23-24 working @ client site in los angeles, ca
may 25 weekend; in the am travel back home
may 26 weekend; no plans
may 27 memorial day
may 28 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to newport beach, ca (staying @ hilton garden inn irvine/orange county airport)
may 29-31 working @ client site in newport beach, ca
may 30 travis turns ten june 1 weekend; in the am travel back home; in the pm birthday party for travis @ pump it up
june 2 weekend; no plans
june 3 travel to scottsdale, az (staying @ holiday inn express scottsdale north)
june 4-5 working @ client site in scottsdale, az
june 6 travel back home
june 7 working @ home office
june 8-9 weekend; birthday celebrations for denise & myself
june 10 working @ home office
june 11 travel to denver, co (staying @ hyatt place denver/cherry creek)
june 12-13 working @ client site in denver, co
june 14 travel back home

june 15-16 weekend; no plans
june 17 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to santa ana, ca (staying @ doubletree club by hilton orange county airport)
june 18-19 working for client @ yardi santa ana office
june 20 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
june 21 working @ home office
june 22 weekend
june 23 weekend; in the late pm travel to downey, ca (staying @ embassy suites los angeles-downey)
june 24-26 working @ client site in commerce, ca
june 27 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
june 28 working @ home office
june 29 weekend; visit from sean
june 30 weekend; drive sean to seattle airport
june 30-july 2 visit from uk colleague
july 3 working @ home office
july 4 independence day!
july 5 working @ home office
july 6-7 weekend; no plans

some things to look forward to be planned as well ...
sometime in april may visit from lauri & kevin
june 16 marriage of sean & diana in edinburgh, scotland
june 29 visit sean
july 1 visit david & elizabeth
september 10-october 2 visit from opa & oma
christmas 2019 in NYC
friday february 15sunday march 10thursday march 13monday april 1 monday april 8friday april 19 thursday may 2 thursday may 9wednesday may 15monday may 28 friday june 14, 2019

scheduling agenda 2019 v1
yes, this is the first agenda for 2019! judging by the second half of 2018 plus the fact i am seemingly in demand, 2019 will be a heavy travel year.
hopefully my (platinum) elite status with alaska airlines, hertz rental cars, and several hotel chains will make my travel as comfortable as possible ... because being away from home is hard enough!
here is what i know now until mid-february.

december 22-23 weekend; no plans
december 24 christmas eve
december 25 christmas day
december 26 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to bellevue, wa (staying @ hilton garden inn seattle bellevue downtown)
december 27-28 working @ client office in bellevue
december 28 in the evening travel back home
december 29-30 weekend; no plans
december 31 working @ home office; new year's eve
january 1 new year's
january 2-4 working @ home office
january 5 weekend; no plans
january 6 weekend; no plans; in the late pm travel to brea, ca (staying @ embassy suites brea north orange county)
january 7-9 working @ client site in brea, ca
january 10 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
january 11 working @ home office
january 12 weekend; no plans
january 13 weekend; no plans; in the late pm travel to los alamitos, ca (staying @ hampton inn los angeles-orange county-cypress)
january 14-15 working @ client site in los alamitos, ca
january 15 in the evening travel to fresno, ca (staying @ best western plus fresno inn)
january 16-17 working @ client office in fresno, ca
january 18 during day travel back home; in the evening attend andy borowitz live @ arlene schnitzer concert hall; staying @ the nines
january 19-20 weekend; no plans
january 21 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to eugene, or (staying @ hyatt place eugene oakway center)
january 22-24 working @ client site in eugene, or
january 24 in the late pm travel back home
january 25 working @ home office
january 26 weekend; no plans
january 27 weekend; no plans; in the late pm travel to los gatos, ca (staying @ los gatos lodge; i may try to change my reservation to best western the inn of los gatos)
january 28-30 working @ client site in los gatos, ca
january 31 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
february 1 pto; no plans
february 2-3 weekend; no plans
february 4-5 working @ home office
february 5 in the late pm travel to san francisco, ca (staying @ hotel del sol)
february 6-7 working @ client site in san francisco, ca
february 7 in the late pm travel back home
february 8 working @ home office
february 9-10 weekend; no plans

februay 11-12 pto; prepare for snowmageddon2019
february 13 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to san bruno, ca (staying @ la quinta inn & suites san francisco airport west)
february 14 working @ client site in san bruno, ca
february 15 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
february 16 weekend; no plans
february 17 weekend; in the pm travel to albuquerque, nm (staying @ doubletree by hilton hotel albuquerque)
february 18-19 working @ client site in albuquerque, nm
february 20 travel to denver, co (staying @ comfort inn & suites denver stapleton)
february 21-22 working @ client site in denver, co
february 23 in the am travel back home; in the evening have dinner @ bamboo sushi lake oswego (and perhaps dessert at salt & straw lake oswego) in celebration of patricia's 21st birthday
february 24 weekend; no plans
february 25 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to la jolla, ca (staying @ hampton inn san diego del mar)
february 26-27 working @ client office in la jolla, ca
february 28 travel back home
march 1 working @ home office
march 2-3 weekend; no plans

i am sure my schedule will fill up and fill out soon ...
monday december 24, 2018thursday january 31 friday february 8, 2019

scheduling agenda 2018 v4
since it is close to the end of the year, or rather close to the beginning of next year, the frequency of my travel will most likely increase.
so, here it is, my schedule as i know so far, but keep returning because things are changing fast!

september 29-30 weekend; no plans
october 1 travel to santa barbara, ca (staying @ the goodland, a kimpton hotel)
october 2-3 attend psg conference western & central
october 4 in the am working @ corporate office; in the pm travel back home
october 5 working @ home office
october 6-7 weekend; no plans
october 7 in the early early am pepper is traveling to atlanta; in the late pm travel to los gatos, ca (staying @ best western the inn of las gatos)
october 8-9 working @ client site in los gatos, ca
october 10 travel to fresno, ca (staying @ hampton inn & suites fresno)
october 11-12 working @ client site in fresno, ca
october 13 travel back home
october 13-14 weekend; no plans
october 14 in the evening pepper is returning from a week in atlanta
october 15-19 working @ home office
october 20-21 weekend; no plans
october 22 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to spokane, wa (staying @ courtyard spokane downtown at the convention center)
october 23-24 working @ client site in spokane, wa
october 24 in the evening travel back home
october 25-26 working @ home office
october 27-28 weekend; no plans
october 28 in the evening travel to kent, wa (staying @ hotel interurban)
october 29-30 working @ client site in kent, wa
october 30 in the evening travel back home
october 31 halloween!
november 1 in the really early am travel to and working @ client site in bellevue, wa (staying @ hampton inn & suites bellevue)
november 2 working @ client site in bellevue, wa; in the evening travel back home
november 3-4 weekend; no plans
november 5-6 working @ client site in sherwood, or
november 7 working @ home office; in the pm travel to aurora, co (staying @ hyatt place denver-south/park meadows)
november 8-9 working @ client site in aurora, co
november 10 weekend; in the am travel back home
november 11 weekend; no plans
november 12-13 working @ home office
november 13 travel to eugene, or (staying @ hyatt place eugene oakway center)
november 14-15 working @ client site in eugene, or; in the evening travel back home
november 16 working @ home office
november 17-18 weekend; no plans
november 19-21 pto! no plans
november 22 thanksgiving!
november 23 black friday!
november 24 weekend; no plans
november 25 weekend; in the late pm travel to los angeles, ca (staying @ hilton checkers los angeles)
november 26-30 working @ client site in los angeles, ca
november 30 in the pm travel back home
december 1 weekend; anniversary dinner @ ringside and anniversary night away from the kids @ kimpton hotel vintage portland
december 2 in the late pm travel to los angeles, ca (staying @ holiday inn express west los angeles - santa monica)
december 3 working @ client site in los angeles, ca
december 4 in the really early am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
december 5 in the late am travel to scottsdale, az (staying @ best western plus scottsdale thunderbird suites)
december 6-7 working @ client site in scottsdale, az
december 8 weekend; in the am travel back home
december 9 weekend; no plans
december 10 working @ home office

december 11 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to los angeles, ca (staying @ kimpton the hotel wilshire)
december 12-13 working @ client site in beverly hills, ca
december 14 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
december 15-16 weekend; no plans
december 17 working @ client site in beaverton, or
december 18 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to los gatos, ca (staying @ best western the inn of los gatos)
december 19-20 working @ client site in los gatos, ca
december 21 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
december 22-23 weekend; no plans
december 24 christmas eve
december 25 christmas day
december 26 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to bellevue, wa (staying @ hilton garden inn seattle bellevue downtown)
december 27-28 working @ client office in bellevue
december 28 in the evening travel back home
december 29-30 weekend; no plans
december 31 working @ home office; new year's eve
january 1 new year's
january 2-4 working @ home office
january 5 weekend; no plans
january 6 weekend; no plans; in the late pm travel to brea, ca (staying @ undetermined)
january 7-9 working @ client site in brea, ca
january 10 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
january 11 working @ home office
january 12 weekend; no plans
january 13 weekend; no plans; in the late pm travel to los alamitos, ca (staying @ undetermined)
january 14-15 working @ client site in los alamitos, ca
january 16 travel back home
january 17 working @ home office
january 18 working @ home office; in the evening attend andy borowitz live @ arlene schnitzer concert hall; staying @ the nines
january 19-20 weekend; no plans
january 21 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to eugene, or (staying @ hyatt place eugene oakway center)
january 22-24 working @ client site in eugene, or
january 24 in the late pm travel back home
january 25 working @ home office
january 26 weekend; no plans
january 27 weekend; no plans; in the late pm travel to los gatos, ca (staying @ best western the inn of las gatos)
january 28-30 working @ client site in los gatos, ca
january 30 in the late pm travel back home
january 31 working @ home office
february 1 working @ home office
february 2-3 weekend; no plans
february 4-5 working @ home office
february 5 in the late pm travel to san francisco, ca (staying @ undetermined)
february 6-7 working @ client site in san francisco, ca
february 7 in the late pm travel back home
february 8 working @ home office
february 9-10 weekend; no plans
februay 11-13 working @ home office
february 13 in the late pm travel to san bruno, ca (staying @ undetermined)
february 14 working @ client site in san bruno, ca
february 15 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
february 16-17 weekend; no plans

and that takes us through to the end of the year! i am sure 2019 will be just as hectic travel-wise as 2018.
monday october 1, monday october 15thursday october 25 friday november 2monday november 12wednesday november 28 tuesday december 4, 2018

scheduling agenda 2018 v3
now that we are close to the start of #weirdroadtrip2018 i will truncate pretty much everything up until early june. in less than a week we are off on our approximately 5,000 mile adventure through, amongst others, 12 national parks (before trump and zinke turn them all into oil fields). at least i hope we will be able to visit 12 national parks because late winter and early spring snowfall still has 3 mountain passes closed off although i know park ranger crews are hard at work clearing the snow in time for vacation season. fingers crossed! update: the going-to-the-sun road in glacier park is not opened all the way from the west entrance to the east entrance, yet, so i will have to make a contingency plan for the two trips i had planned. tioga road/pass (in yosemite) and hwy 89 (lassen national park highway) have been opened already!

june 13-15 working @ home office
june 16 weekend; no plans
june 17 weekend; see portland pride parade
june 18-19 working @ home office

june 20 start of #weirdroadtrip2018; drive from home to spokane, wa (staying @ holiday inn express spokane-downtown)
june 21 drive from spokane, wa to st. mary, mt, through around glacier national park (staying @ st. mary lodge & resort)
june 22 drive from st. mary, mt to helena, mt, through glacier national park, what?! (staying @ radisson colonial hotel helena)
june 23 visit friends in helena, mt
june 24 drive from helena, mt to twin falls, id, through craters of the moon national preserve (staying @ holiday inn express & suites twin falls)
june 25 drive from twin falls, id to salt lake city, ut, through bonneville salt flats, and visit friends (staying @ kimpton hotel monaco salt lake city)
june 26 drive from salt lake city, ut to moab, ut, through arches national park (staying @ springhill suites moab)
june 27 drive from moab, ut to bryce canyon city, ut, through canyonlands national park (staying @ best western plus bryce canyon grand hotel)
june 28 drive through bryce canyon national park
june 29 drive from bryce canyon city, ut to page, az, through zion national park (staying @ hampton inn & suites page - lake powell)
june 30 drive from page, az to grand canyon village, az, through grand canyon national park (staying @ holiday inn express & suites grand canyon)
july 1 drive from grand cayon village, az to las vegas, nv, by the hoover dam (staying @ bellagio hotel & casino)
july 2 visit las vegas, nv
july 3 drive from las vegas, nv to lone pine, ca, through death valley national park (staying @ best western plus frontier motel)
july 4 drive from lone pine, ca to fish camp, ca, through yosemite national park (staying @ tenaya lodge)
july 5 drive from yosemite village, ca to tahoe city, ca, through yosemite national park (staying @ basecamp hotel tahoe city)
july 6 drive from tahoe city, ca to willows, ca, through lassen volcanic national park (staying @ holiday inn express & suites willows)
july 7 drive from willows, ca to crescent city, ca, through redwood national & state parks (staying @ oceanfront lodge)
july 8 drive from crescent city, ca to bend, or, through crater lake national park (staying @ mcmenamins old. st francis school)
july 9 drive from bend, or back to home, through silver falls state park; end of #weirdroadtrip2018

july 10 pto, well-deserved
july 11-13 working @ home office
july 14 weekend; no plans
july 15 weekend; in the pm travel to scottsdale, az (staying @ homewood suites by hilton phoenix/scottsdale)
july 16-17 working @ client site in scottsdale, az
july 18 in the late am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
july 19-20 working @ home office
july 21-22 weekend; no plans
july 23-24 working @ home office
july 25 in the am travel to denver, co (staying @ hyatt place denver/cherry creek)
july 26-27 working @ client site in denver, co
july 27 in the late pm travel back home
july 28 weekend; start of visit of my sister, BIL, and niece
july 29 weekend; no plans
july 30-31 working @ client site in sherwood, or
august 1-3 working @ home office
august 4-5 weekend; no plans
august 4 end of visit of my sister, BIL, and niece
august 6-10 working @ home office
august 11-12 weekend; no plans
august 13 working @ home office
august 14 in the late pm travel to colorado springs (staying @ mcm elegante suites)
august 15-16 working @ client site in colorado springs, co
august 17 travel back home
august 18-19 weekend; no plans
august 19 in the pm travel to ontario, ca (staying @ holiday inn ontario airport)
august 20-21 working @ client site in claremont, ca
august 22 travel to dallas, tx (staying @ hampton inn & suites dallas-arlington north-entertainment district)
august 23-24 working @ client site in arlington, tx
august 24 in the late pm travel back home
august 25-26 weekend; no plans
august 27-29 working @ client site in lake oswego, or
august 30-31 working @ home office
september 1-2 weekend; no plans
september 3 labor day; travel to spokane, wa (staying @ courtyard spokane downtown at the convention center)
september 4-5 working @ client site in spokane, wa
september 5 in the late pm travel back home
september 6-7 working @ home office
september 8-9 weekend; meeting with allen @ the tillamook creamery)
september 10 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to menlo park, ca (staying @ comfort inn palo alto near university)
september 11-12 working @ client site in menlo park, ca
september 13 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
september 14 working @ client site in sherwood, or
september 15-16 weekend; no plans
september 17 working @ client site in sherwood, or
september 18 working @ home office
september 19-20 working @ client site in portland, or
september 21 working @ home office
september 22-23 weekend; no plans

september 23 in the late pm travel to san bruno, ca (staying @ la quinta inn & suites san francisco airport west)
september 24-25 working @ client site in san bruno, ca
september 25 in the evening travel back home
september 26-27 working @ client site in portland, or
september 28 working @ home office
september 29-30 weekend; no plans
october 1 travel to santa barbara, ca (staying @ the goodland, a kimpton hotel)
october 2-3 attend psg conference western & central
october 4 in the am working @ corporate office; in the pm travel back home
october 5 working @ home office
october 6-7 weekend; no plans
october 7 in the late pm travel to los gatos, ca (staying @ undetermined)
october 8-9 working @ client site in los gatos, ca
october 10 travel to irvine, ca (staying @ undetermined)
october 11-12 working @ client site in irvine, ca
october 12 in the evening travel back home
october 13-14 weekend; no plans
october 15-19 working @ home office
october 20-21 weekend; no plans
october 22 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to spokane, wa (staying @ courtyard spokane downtown at the convention center)
october 23-24 working @ client site in spokane, wa
october 24 in the evening travel to kent, wa
october 25-26 working @ client site in kent, wa
october 26 in the evening travel back home
october 27-28 weekend; no plans
october 29-november 2 working @ home office
october 31 halloween!
november 3-4 weekend; no plans
november 5-6 working @ client site in sherwood, or
november 7-9 working @ home office
november 10-11 weekend; no plans

this is it for now, but i am sure that more work trips will come in, especually now it is getting close to the end of the year and everybody wants to be live by january 1!
thursday june 14sunday june 17 tuesday july 24august 1friday august 10 monday september 3 saturday september 22, 2018

scheduling agenda 2018 v2
we are only barely 2 months into the year and already i have to create a second schedule just so you, gentle reader, do not have to see all my travel dates that are in the past. and seeing as i am basically traveling every week, this list is rather large and cumbersome to maintain.
as of right now, saturday february 24, all hotel reservations for #weirdroadtrip2018 have been made, but before we get to those exciting 3 weeks on the road first there is the #weirdgraduationtrip2018 later this week, and in between there will be a growing list of client visits.
february 24-25 weekend; no plans
february 26-27 working @ home office
february 28 start of #weirdgraduationtrip2018; in the pm travel to los angeles, ca (staying @ hotel angeleno)
march 1 visit universal studios
march 2 in the am graduation ceremony denise @ skirball cultural center; in the pm lunch @ west restaurant & lounge and/or undetermined: if you are in the la area and want to meet up, let us know!
march 3 visit santa monica pier, visit griffith observatory, have dinner @ 25 degrees, and drive mulholland drive
march 4 travel back home
march 5 in the am working @ home office; in the late pm travel to salt lake city, ut (staying @ holiday inn & suites salt lake city south - murray)
march 6-8 working @ client site in salt lake city, ut
march 8 in the late pm travel back home
march 9 working @ home office
march 10-11 weekend; no plans
march 12 in the am working @ home office; in the late pm travel to walnut, ca (staying @ holiday inn diamond bar)
march 13-14 working @ client in walnut, ca
march 14 in the late pm travel back home
march 15-16 working @ home office
march 17-18 weekend; no plans
march 19 in the am working @ home office; in the late pm travel to spokane, wa (staying @ courtyard spokane downtown at the convention center)
march 20-22 working @ client site in spokane, wa
march 22 in the evening travel back home
march 23 in the pm working @ home office
march 24-25 weekend; no plans
march 26 in the am working @ home office; in the late pm travel to morgan hill, ca (staying @ holiday inn express & suites san jose-morgan hill)
march 27-28 working @ client site in morgan hill, ca
march 29 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
march 29-30 working @ home office
march 31-april 1 weekend; easter; no plans
april 2 in the am working @ home office; in the late pm travel to salt lake city, ut (staying @ holiday inn & suites salt lake city south - murray)
april 3-4 working @ client site in salt lake city, ut
april 5 in the early am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
april 6 working @ home office
april 7-8 weekend; the great travis bedroom overhaul
april 9-13 working @ home office
april 14-15 weekend; no plans
april 16-18 working @ home office
april 18 in the evening go see jay & silent bob get old @ elsinore theatre in salem, or
april 19-20 working @ home office
april 21 weekend; visit wooden shoe tulip fest
april 22 weekend; no plans
april 23 working @ home office
april 24 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to tempe, az (staying @ hampton inn & suites tempe/phoenix airport)
april 25-26 working @ client site in tempe, az
april 27 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
april 28 weekend; maybe visit wooden shoe tulip fest again, depending on weather
april 29 weekend; meet colleague for lunch in portland, or
april 30 in the am working @ home office; in the late pm travel to walnut, ca (staying @ holiday inn diamond bar)
may 1-2 working @ client site in walnut, ca
may 2 in the evening travel back home
may 3-4 working @ home office
may 5-6 weekend; no plans
may 7-11 working @ home office
may 12 weekend; no plans
may 13 weekend & mother's day; surprise dinner @ kama'aina, comfort foods of hawai'i
may 14-may 15 working @ home office
may 16 in late am travel to la jolla, ca (staying @ doubletee by hilton hotel san diego - del mar)
may 17-18 working @ client site in la jolla, ca
may 18 in the late pm travel back home
may 19-20 weekend; no plans
may 21 working @ home office
may 22 in the late am travel to denver, co (staying @ hyatt place denver/cherry creek)
may 23-25 working @ client site in denver, co
may 25 in the late pm travel back home
may 26-27 weekend; no plans
may 28 memorial day; in the late pm travel to san jose, ca (staying @ four points san jose downtown)
may 29-30 working @ client site in san jose, ca
may 31 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
june 1 working @ home office
june 2 weekend; birthday party travis @ wilsonville lanes
june 3 weekend; no plans
june 4-8 working @ home office
june 8 surprise birthday romance getaway @ kimpton hotel vintage portland with a surprise birthday dinner @ urban farmer
june 9-10 weekend; no plans

june 11-12 working @ client site in lake oswego, or
june 13-15 working @ home office
june 16 weekend; no plans
june 17 weekend; see portland pride parade
june 18-19 working @ home office

june 20 start of #weirdroadtrip2018; drive from home to spokane, wa (staying @ holiday inn express spokane-downtown)
june 21 drive from spokane, wa to st. mary, mt, through glacier national park (staying @ st. mary lodge & resort)
june 22 drive from st. mary, mt to helena, mt, through glacier national park, what?! (staying @ radisson colonial hotel helena)
june 23 visit friends in helena, mt
june 24 drive from helena, mt to twin falls, id, through craters of the moon national preserve (staying @ holiday inn express & suites twin falls)
june 25 drive from twin falls, id to salt lake city, ut, through bonneville salt flats, and visit friends (staying @ kimpton hotel monaco salt lake city)
june 26 drive from salt lake city, ut to moab, ut, through arches national park (staying @ springhill suites moab)
june 27 drive from moab, ut to bryce canyon city, ut, through canyonlands national park (staying @ best western plus bryce canyon grand hotel)
june 28 drive through bryce canyon national park
june 29 drive from bryce canyon city, ut to page, az, through zion national park (staying @ hampton inn & suites page - lake powell)
june 30 drive from page, az to grand canyon village, az, through grand canyon national park (staying @ holiday inn express & suites grand canyon)
july 1 drive from grand cayon village, az to las vegas, nv, by the hoover dam (staying @ bellagio hotel & casino)
july 2 visit las vegas, nv
july 3 drive from las vegas, nv to lone pine, ca, through death valley national park (staying @ best western plus frontier motel)
july 4 drive from lone pine, ca to fish camp, ca, through yosemite national park (staying @ tenaya lodge)
july 5 drive from yosemite village, ca to tahoe city, ca, through yosemite national park (staying @ basecamp hotel tahoe city)
july 6 drive from tahoe city, ca to willows, ca, through lassen volcanic national park (staying @ holiday inn express & suites willows)
july 7 drive from willows, ca to crescent city, ca, through redwood national & state parks (staying @ oceanfront lodge)
july 8 drive from crescent city, ca to bend, or, through crater lake national park (staying @ mcmenamins old. st francis school)
july 9 drive from bend, or back to home, through silver falls state park; end of #weirdroadtrip2018

july 10 pto, well-deserved
july 11-13 working @ home office
july 14-15 weekend; no plans
july 16 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to scottsdale, az (staying @ homewood suites by hilton phoenix/scottsdale)
july 17-18 working @ client site in scottsdale, az
july 19 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
july 20 working @ home office
july 21-22 weekend; no plans
july 23 working @ home office
july 24 in the am travel to denver, co (staying @ undetermined)
july 25 working @ client site in colorado springs, co
july 26-27 working @ client site in denver, co
july 27 in the late pm travel back home
july 27 start of visit of my sister, BIL, and niece
july 28-29 weekend; no plans
july 30-31 working @ client site in sherwood, or
august 1-3 working @ home office
august 4-5 weekend; no plans
august 4 end of visit of my sister, BIL, and niece

this is it for now, but i will keep adding more work trips as they come in, now that #weirdroadtrip2018 is fleshed out!
saturday february 24friday march 16friday march 23friday april 20wednesday may 9saturday may 26monday june 4 sunday june 10, 2018

scheduling agenda 2018 v1
i may be jumping the gun here, but then again, it is only 12 more days until 2018 rolls around. besides, i did not want my readers to scroll through a lot of struck-out dates to get to the juicy parts, so without further ado, here are the juicy parts:
december 18-22 working @ home office
december 21 in the evening visit winter wonderland, followed by a drive through villebois
december 23-24 weekend; no plans
december 25 xmas
december 26 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to beverly hills, ca (staying @ hilton garden inn los angeles/hollywood)
december 27-28 working @ client site in beverly hills, ca
december 28 in the late pm travel back home
december 29 working @ home office
december 30-31 weekend; no plans
january 1 new year's day
january 2 working @ home office; in the pm travel to scottsdale, az (staying @ homewood suites by hilton phoenix/scottsdale)
january 3-4 working @ client site in scottsdale, az
january 5 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
january 6-7 weekend; no plans
january 8 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to los angeles, ca (staying @ holiday inn express van nuys)
january 9-10 working @ client site in encino, ca
january 11 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
january 12 working @ home office
january 13 weekend; date night @ kimpton hotel vintage
january 14 weekend; no plans
january 15 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to tempe, az (staying @ hampton inn & suites tempe/phoenix airport)
january 16-18 working @ client site in tempe, az
january 19 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
january 20-21 weekend; no plans
january 22-26 working @ home office
january 27-28 weekend; no plans
january 29-30 working @ home office
january 31 in the am working @ home office; in the late pm travel to tempe, az (staying @ holiday inn hotel & suites phoenix airport)
february 1-2 working @ client site in tempe, az; in the very late pm travel back home
february 3-4 weekend; no plans
february 5 in the am working @ home office; in the late pm travel to spokane, wa (staying @ fairfield inn & suites spokane downtown)
february 6-7 working @ client site in spokane, wa
february 8 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
february 9 working @ home office
february 10-11 weekend; no plans
february 12 working @ home office
february 13 in the am working @ home office; in the late pm travel to roseville, ca (staying @ fairfield inn roseville)
february 14-15 working @ client in roseville, ca; in the late pm travel back home
february 16 working @ home office
february 17-18 weekend; no plans
february 19 in the am working @ home office; in the late pm travel to walnut, ca (staying @ holiday inn diamond bar)
february 20-22 working @ client site in walnut, ca; in the late pm travel back home
february 23 working @ home office

february 24-25 weekend; no plans
february 26-27 working @ home office
february 28 start of #weirdgraduationtrip2018; in the pm travel to los angeles, ca (staying @ hotel angeleno)
march 1 visit universal studios
march 2 in the am graduation ceremony denise @ skirball cultural center; in the pm lunch @ west restaurant & lounge and/or undetermined: if you are in the la area and want to meet up, let us know!
march 3 visit santa monica pier, visit griffith observatory, have dinner @ 25 degrees, and drive mulholland drive
march 4 travel back home
march 5 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to salt lake city, ut (staying @ undetermined)
march 6-8 working @ client site in salt lake city, ut
march 8 in the late pm travel back home
march 9 working @ home office
march 10-11 weekend; no plans
march 12 in the am working @ home office; in the late pm travel to walnut, ca (staying @ holiday inn diamond bar)
march 13-14 working @ client in walnut, ca
march 14 in the late pm travel back home
march 15-16 working @ home office
march 17-18 weekend; no plans
march 19 in the am working @ home office; in the late pm travel to spokane, wa (staying @ courtyard spokane downtown at the convention center)
march 20-22 working @ client site in spokane, wa
march 23 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
march 24-25 weekend; no plans

june 20 start of #weirdroadtrip2018; drive from home to spokane, wa (staying @ holiday inn express spokane-downtown)
june 21 drive from spokane, wa to st. mary, mt, through glacier national park (staying @ st. mary lodge & resort)
june 22 drive from st. mary, mt to helena, mt, through glacier national park, what?! (staying @ radisson colonial hotel helena)
june 23 visit friends in helena, mt
june 24 drive from helena, mt to twin falls, id, through craters of the moon national preserve (staying @ holiday inn express & suites twin falls)
june 25 drive from twin falls, id to salt lake city, ut, through bonneville salt flats, and visit friends (staying @ kimpton hotel monaco salt lake city)
june 26 drive from salt lake city, ut to moab, ut, through arches national park (staying @ springhill suites moab)
june 27 drive from moab, ut to bryce canyon city, ut, through canyonlands national park (staying @ best western plus bryce canyon grand hotel)
june 28 drive through bryce canyon national park
june 29 drive from bryce canyon city, ut to page, az, through zion national park (staying @ hampton inn & suites page - lake powell)
june 30 drive from page, az to grand canyon village, az, through grand canyon national park (staying @ holiday inn express & suites grand canyon)
july 1 drive from grand cayon village, az to las vegas, nv, by grand canyon skywalk (staying @ bellagio hotel & casino)
july 2 visit las vegas, nv
july 3 drive from las vegas, nv to lone pine, ca, through death valley national park (staying @ best western plus frontier motel)
july 4 drive from lone pine, ca to fish camp, ca, through yosemite national park (staying @ tenaya lodge)
july 5 drive from yosemite village, ca to tahoe city, ca, through yosemite national park (staying @ basecamp hotel tahoe city)
july 6 drive from tahoe city, ca to willows, ca, through lassen volcanic national park (staying @ holiday inn express & suites willows)
july 7 drive from willows, ca to crescent city, ca, through redwood national & state parks (staying @ oceanfront lodge)
july 8 drive from crescent city, ca to bend, or, through crater lake national park (staying @ mcmenamins old. st francis school)
july 9 drive from bend, or back to home, through silver falls state park; end of #weirdroadtrip2018

this is it for now, i will add more as more work trips get added and as #weirdroadtrip2018 gets fleshed out!
tuesday december 19thursday december 21, 2017sunday january 14friday january 19thursday january 25sunday january 28sunday february 11 february 18, 2018

scheduling agenda 2017 v3
all exciting events from the first half of the year are done, which initially meant that the schedule for the next 6 months looked like a wasteland ... however, due to the fact that i am rotated off my seattle client i am now back in standard client rotation. this means frequent travel, until such time i am roped into a large full service project again. so far i have been assigned 5 clients and travel for 2 of them has been finalized.
july 1-2 weekend; no plans
july 3 working @ home office; in the pm go to waterfront blues fest to see and listen to cory henry & the funk apostles and bokanté
july 4 party @ scot & corey's

august 26 weekend; skype call with my sister for august 27 weekend; in the late pm travel to vacaville, ca (staying @ comfort suites vacaville)
august 28 working @ client site in vacaville, ca
august 29 working remotely in vacaville, ca
august 30 working @ client site in vacaville, ca
august 30 in the late pm travel back home

september 18 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to manhattan beach, ca (staying @ manhattan beach marriott)
september 19-20 working @ client site in manhattan beach, ca
september 20 in the late pm travel back home
september 21-22 working @ home office
september 23-24 weekend; no plans september 24 weekend; in the pm travel to solana beach, ca (staying @ holiday inn express solana beach-del mar)
september 25-27 working @ client home site in san diego, ca
september 27 in the late pm travel back home
september 28-29 working @ home office
september 30-october 1 weekend; no plans
october 2-4 working @ client site in portland, or
october 5-6 working @ home office
october 7-8 weekend; no plans
october 9-13 working @ home office
october 14-15 weekend; no plans
october 16 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to salt lake city, ut (staying @ hilton garden inn salt lake city downtown)
october 17-19 working @ client site in salt lake city, ut
october 19 in the late pm travel back home
october 20 working @ home office; in the pm drive to mt. shasta, ca (with a dinner stop @ mcmenamins roseburg station pub & brewery)(staying @ best western plus tree house)
october 21 drive to oakland, ca (with a lunch stop @ fenton's creamery nut tree)(staying @ homewood suites oakland-waterfront)
october 21 in the latepm⁄early evening, have dinner @ yoshi's oakland and see & listen to incognito feat maysa
october 22 drive back home (with a dinner stop @ mezza luna pizzeria)
october 23 in the am working @ home office; in the late pm travel to sherman oaks, ca (staying @ hampton inn & suites los angeles/sherman oaks)
october 24-26 working @ client site in studio city, ca
october 27 in the early am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
october 28-29 weekend; no plans
october 30-november 1 working @ home office
october 31 halloween!
november 1 in the pm travel to los angeles, ca (staying @ holiday inn express-lax airport)
november 2-3 working @ client site in beverly hills, ca
november 3 in the late pm travel back home
november 4-5 weekend; no plans
november 6 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to mountain view, ca (staying @ larkspur landing milpitas)
november 7-8 working @ client site in mountain view, ca
november 8 in the evening travel back home
november 9-10 working @ home office
november 11 in the am/pm visit wordstock 2017 in downtown portland, or
november 12 weekend; no plans
november 13 in the am working @ home office; in the late pm travel to sherman oaks, ca (staying @ hampton inn & suites los angeles/sherman oaks)
november 14-16 working @ client site in studio city, ca
november 17 in the early am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
november 18-19 weekend; no plans
november 20-22 working @ home office
november 23 thanksgiving
november 24-26 weekend; no plans
november 27 in the am working @ home office; in the late pm travel to scottsdale, az (staying @ homewood suites by hilton phoenix/scottsdale)
november 28-30 working @ client site in scottsdale, az
december 1 in the am travel back home
december 1 10th wedding anniversary; dinner @ portland city grill, possible night cap @ multnomah whisk(e)y library and overnight stay @ kimpton hotel vintage
december 2-3 weekend; no plans
december 4 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to salt lake city, ut (staying @ radisson hotel salt lake city downtown)
december 5-6 working @ client site in salt lake city, ut
december 6 in the late pm travel back home
december 7-8 working @ home office
december 9-10 weekend; no plans
december 11 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to beverly hills, ca (staying @ holiday inn express & suites hollywood walk of fame)
december 12-13 working @ client site in beverly hills, ca
december 13 in the late pm travel back home
december 14-15 working @ home office
december 16-17 weekend; no plans

december 18-22 working @ home office
december 23-24 weekend; no plans
december 25 xmas
december 26 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to beverly hills, ca (staying @ hilton garden inn los angeles/hollywood)
december 27-28 working @ client site in beverly hills, ca
december 28 in the late pm travel back home
december 29 working @ home office
december 30-31 weekend; no plans
january 1 new year's day
january 2 working @ home office; in the pm travel to scottsdale, az (staying @ homewood suites by hilton phoenix/scottsdale)
january 3-4 working @ client site in scottsdale, az
january 5 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
january 6-7 weekend; no plans
january 8 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to los angeles, ca (staying @ holiday inn express van nuys)
january 9-10 working @ client site in encino, ca
january 11 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
january 12 working @ home office
january 13-14 weekend; no plans

february 28 start of #weirdgraduationtrip2018; in the pm travel to los angeles, ca (staying @ hotel angeleno)
march 1 visit universal studios
march 2 in the am graduation ceremony denise @ skirball cultural center; in the pm lunch @ west restaurant & lounge and/or undetermined
march 3 visit santa monica pier, visit griffith observatory, have dinner @ 25 degrees, and drive mulholland drive
march 4 travel back home

june 20 start of #weirdroadtrip2018; drive from home to spokane, wa (staying @ undetermined)
june 21 drive from spokane, wa to st. mary, mt, through glacier national park (staying @ undetermined)
june 22 drive from st. mary, mt to helena, mt, through glacier national park, what?! (staying @ undetermined)
june 23 visit friends in helena, mt
june 24 drive from helena, mt to twin falls, id, through craters of the moon national preserve (staying @ undetermined)
june 25 drive from twin falls, id to salt lake city, ut, through bonneville salt flats (staying @ undetermined)
june 26 drive from salt lake city, ut to moab, ut, through arches national park (staying @ undetermined)
june 27 drive from moab, ut to tropic, ut, through canyonlands national park (staying @ undetermined)
june 28 drive from tropic, ut to hatch, ut, through bryce canyon national park (staying @ undetermined)
june 29 drive from hatch, ut to page, az, through zion national park (staying @ undetermined)
june 30 drive from page, az to grand canyon village, az, through grand canyon national park (staying @ undetermined)
july 1 drive from grand cayon village, az to las vegas, nv, by grand canyon skywalk (staying @ undetermined)
july 2 visit las vegas, nv
july 3 drive from las vegas, nv to lone pine, ca, through death valley national park (staying @ undetermined)
july 4 drive from lone pine, ca to yosemite village, ca, through yosemite national park (staying @ undetermined)
july 5 drive from yosemite village, ca to tahoe city, ca, through yosemite national park (staying @ undetermined)
july 6 drive from tahoe city, ca to redding, ca, through lassen volcanic national park (staying @ undetermined)
july 7 drive from redding, ca to crescent city, ca, through redwood national & state parks (staying @ undetermined)
july 8 drive from crescent city, ca to bend, or, through crater lake national park (staying @ undetermined)
july 9 drive from bend, or back to home, through silver falls state park


and that's it for now, i will add more once more trips become apparent, although the holes in my calendar are filling up pretty quickly!

saturday, july 1 monday august 7 thursday august 24 thursday september 14 monday september 18 saturday september 23 thursday september 28 tuesday october 10 saturday october 14 wednesday november 1 wednesday november 15 monday november 27thursday december 7 sunday december 17, 2017

scheduling agenda 2017 v2
after almost 4 years of working remotely i am (finally) (starting) to travel again. i'm sure my family hates every bit of it, but to be honest, i have missed it. not just because of travel, but because i get to work with smaller clients on short engagements where the range of services provide casts a much wider net than being part of a large client implementation or conversion where i would be one of the cogs in the wheel.
since i only rolled off the remote projects the calendar still is thin, but i am positive this will change soon enough!
december 3 weekend; anniversary dinner for denise & me @ ringside steakhouse
december 4 weekend; no plans
december 5-9 working @ home office
december 10-11 weekend; no plans
december 12 working @ home office; in the pm travel to stockton, ca (staying @ hilton stockton)
december 13-15 working @ client site in stockton, ca
december 15 in the late pm travel back home
december 16 working @ home office
december 17-18 weekend; no plans
december 19-23 working @ home office
december 24 weekend; no plans
december 25 weekend; christmas day
december 26 holiday in observance of christmas
december 27-30 working @ home office
december 28 in the late pm go see the portland trail blazers play the sacramento kings @ the moda center
december 31 weekend; new year's eve
january 1 new year's day
january 2 holiday in observance of new year's day; in the pm travel to stockton, ca (staying @ courtyard stockton)
january 3-5 working @ client site in stockton, ca
january 5 in the late pm travel back home
january 6 working @ home office
january 7-8 weekend; no plans
january 9-13 working @ home office
january 14 weekend; no plans
january 15 weekend; in the evening travel to seattle, wa (staying @ mayflower park hotel)
january 16-18 working @ client site in seattle, wa
january 18 in the late pm travel back home
january 19-20 working @ home office
january 21 weekend; protest @ women's march on portland
january 22 weekend; no plans
january 23-27 working @ home office
january 28-29 weekend; no plans
january 30 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to seattle, wa (staying @ mayflower park hotel)
january 31-february 2 working @ client site in seattle, wa
february 2 in the late pm travel back home
february 3 working @ home office
february 4-5 weekend; no plans
february 5 in the late pm travel to seattle, wa (staying @ the roosevelt)
february 6 in the early pm travel to seattle, wa (staying @ the roosevelt)
february 6-7 working @ home office
february 7 in the late pm travel to seattle, wa (staying @ the roosevelt)
february 8-9 working @ client site in seattle, wa
february 9 in the late pm travel back home
february 10 working @ home office
february 11-12 weekend; no plans
february 13 working @ home office; in the pm travel to santa barbara, ca (staying @ fess parker santa barbara)
february 14-16 psg conference @ fess parker santa barbara
february 16 right after psg conference travel back home
february 17 working @ home office
february 18-19 weekend; no plans
may 8 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to seattle, wa (staying @ best western pioneer square hotel)
may 9-11 working @ client site in seattle, wa
may 11 in the late pm travel back home

may 23 start of pto 1
may 23 in the late am, opa & oma arrive @ pdx airport
may 23-june 15 visit opa & oma
may 24-may 28 getaway @ hallmark resort & spa in cannon beach, or
may 29 birthday party travis @ family fun center
may 29 end of pto 1
june 10 start of pto 2
june 10 75 cents
june 15 in the pm opa & oma depart @ pdx airport
june 15 end of pto 2

this is for the time being. once i get more clients i will update my travel schedule accordingly.

wednesday november 30, 2016wednesday, january 11tuesday, february 7, friday, may 5, 2017

scheduling agenda 2016 - update 1
this year, unlike last year, will see more travel if only by virtue of moving from cumming, ga to portland, or and the preparations therefore. as you will have seen, we are scheduled to be in the portland area in july 1, whether this is in our new home, a temporary rental house, or maybe even a long-stay hotel. before the move, we also have to visit, at a minimum, two places on the east coast: savannah, ga (as part of our #GABucketList) and nyc, ny.
anyway, here is the schedule as it stands now, starting with the end of 2015:

december 24 christmas eve
december 25 christmas
december 26 in the late pm see quentin tarantino's latest movie, the hateful eight (70mm road show), @ regal atlantic station 18 imax and rpx
december 31 new year's eve
january 1 happy new year!

february 8 travel to santa barbara, ca (staying @ fess parker santa barbara)
february 9-11 psg conference @ fess parker santa barbara
february 11 in the late pm travel to portland, or (staying @ undetermined)
february 12-13 tour open houses in portland, or
february 14 travel back home

march 28 in the evening travel to chattanooga, tn (staying @ embassy suites chattanooga hamilton place)
march 29-30 work @ client site in chattanooga, tn
march 30 in the late pm travel back home
april 2 in the am participate in the color run 2016 @ atlanta motor speedway in hampton, ga
april 4 in the evening travel to chattanooga, tn (staying @ embassy suites chattanooga hamilton place)
april 5-6 work @ client site in chattanooga, tn
april 6 in the late pm travel back home
april 7 in the am travel to savannah, ga (staying @ hilton garden inn savannah historic district)
april 8-9 visit savannah, ga
april 10 in the am travel back home, visit augusta, ga and athens, ga
april 11 in the evening travel to chattanooga, tn (staying @ embassy suites chattanooga hamilton place)
april 12-13 work @ client site in chattanooga, tn
april 13 in the late pm travel back home
april 18 in the evening travel to chattanooga, tn (staying @ embassy suites chattanooga hamilton place)
april 19-20 work @ client site in chattanooga, tn
april 20 in the late pm travel back home
april 25 in the evening travel to chattanooga, tn (staying @ embassy suites chattanooga hamilton place)
april 26-27 work @ client site in chattanooga, tn
april 27 in the late pm travel back home
april 30 see snarky puppy with lucy woodward @ the tabernacle in atlanta, ga

may 20 in the late pm travel to wilsonville, or (staying @ holiday inn i5s (wilsonville))
may 21 scope out our potential home in villebois (village) in wilsonville, or, as well as other possible houses
may 22 around noon travel back home

may 30 7th birthday travis
may 31 pepper's graduation @ gwinnett arena
june 4 #Weird2016BonVoyageBash from 1-5pm EST @ midway park, cumming, ga
june 5 prepare for #WeirdMoveTrip2016

june 6 movers to pick up furniture/boxes from our Maristone house
june 6 in the pm check in to temporary housing in cumming, ga (staying @ hampton inn cumming)
june 8 44th birthday denise
june 9 24th birthday campion
june 9-10 prepare for #WeirdMoveTrip2016
june 10 in the evening have last dinner @ cabernet steak house in alpharetta, ga
june 11 drive from cumming, ga to asheville, nc (staying @ biltmore hotel and estates)
june 12 drive from asheville, nc to clarksburg, wv (staying @ hilton garden inn clarksburg)
june 13 drive from clarksburg, pa to pittsburgh, pa (staying @ sheraton pittsburgh hotel at station square)
june 14 drive from pittsburgh, pa to sandusky, oh (staying @ hotel breakers)
june 16 drive from sandusky, oh to chicago, il (staying @ the drake hotel)
june 18 drive from chicago, il to milwaukee, wi (staying @ the pfister after all and we will have dinner @ five o'clock steak house, formerly coerper's, the restaurant i ate the best steak, ever, in the history of steak-eating, worldwide!)
june 19 drive from milwaukee, wi to green bay, wi (staying @ hilton garden inn green bay)
june 20 drive from green bay, wi to minneapolis, mn (staying @ the marquette hotel)
june 21 drive from minneapolis, mn to keystone, sd (staying @ president's view resort)
june 23 drive from keystone, sd to cody, wy (staying @ the cody)
june 24 drive from cody, wy to gardiner, mt (staying @ comfort inn yellowstone north)
june 25 drive from gardiner, mt to helena, mt (staying @ best western premier helena great northern hotel)
june 26 drive from helena, mt to hungry horse, mt (staying @ historic tamarack lodge and cabins)
june 27 drive from hungry horse, mt to pullman, wa (staying @ holiday inn express and suites pullman)
june 28 drive from pullman, wa to seattle, wa (staying @ homewood suites seattle downtown)
june 30 drive from seattle, wa to long beach, wa (staying @ our place at the beach long beach)
july 1 drive from long beach, wa to portland, or (staying @ somebody's basement in mount tabor, portland, or)


some of the places we will visit during the #epic #WeirdMoveTrip2016 are:
fallingwater, cedar point, robie house, hancock tower, lambeau field, mount rushmore, crazy horse memorial, custer state park, yellowstone and glacier national parks, the palouse, pike place market, space needle, cape meares lighthouse, and many many more.

not sure what work travel will be like in 2016 since i am continuing to work with my one client who i am servicing remotely; there might be travel, there might not be any travel. it is also unsure what is going to happen once i aon the left coast: i might stay with the eastern psg team until the end of my current project (projected to last until somewhere in 2017!) or i might get transferred to the western psg team. i will have to wait and see ...

thursday december 24, 2015thursday march 31, 2016monday april 25, 2016

scheduling agenda 2015 v2 - update 4
wow! this is only my second travel agenda this year, and it will likely also be the last! there has only been two business related travels this year, in february i visited santa barbara, ca, for the psg conference and this week i am in philadelphia, pa, for my client. good thing that we have the weird family traveling to neverneverland in september to participate in the celebration of my parents' 50th wedding anniversary! otherwise it would have been unbelievably sad. it is sad now, especially since i have lost all status with delta, so i even have to pay for checking my bag ... and i got bumped from my exit row seat and had to purchase an quote unquote upgrade to economy comfort ...
anyhoo, without further ado:

august 30 in the late pm travel to philadelpha, pa (staying @ sofitel philadelphia)
august 31-september 3 work @ client site in philadephia, pa
september 3 in the late pm travel back home

september 14 see snarky puppy @ variety playhouse in atlanta, ga

september 22 in the pm travel from atl to ams
september 23 in the am arrive in ams; get rental car and drive to biddinghuizen (staying @ landal waterparc veluwemeer)
september 26 anniversary shenanigans
september 28 drive to rotterdam (staying @ nhow rotterdam)
september 29 in the pm drop off rental car & travel from ams to atl; arrive @ home in the evening

october 4 see foo fighters @ centennial olympic park in atlanta, ga

october 11 at 1pm @ atlanta pride parade in midtown atlanta, settling @ our usual spot in front of the fox theatre
october 11 in the late pm visit skyview atlanta
october 11 in the late late pm travel from atl to lhr
october 12 in the am arrive in lhr; use the heathrow express and a cab to get to my hotel (staying @ doubletree london-marble arch)
october 13-15 work @ client site in london, uk
october 16 in the am travel back home
october 16 in the late pm arrive @ a weird place
october 17 visit the cumming country fair and festival 2015


october 30 halloween party @ mende's ata
october 31 halloween!
november 26 thanksgiving
november 27 in the wee hours of the morning possibly black friday shopping @ north georgia premium outlets
december 25 christmas
december 31 new year's eve
january 1, 2016 - a new year, the year we move to portland, or (or pdx)

this will probably be it for 2015.
then next year a trip to santa barbara, ca, for our annual psg conference, possibly in combination with a trip to portland, or, to look and/or buy a new home. then later in the year, visit savannah and new york city, prior to our move to the west coast in the summer of 2016 with the epic #weirdmovetrip2016.
stay tuned for more ...

saturday august 29thursday october 1saturday october 3thursday october 8friday october 16, 2015

scheduling agenda 2015 v1
i know, i am a little early to be posting about 2015, but i do not see myself travel anymore this year. also, no work-related travel has been scheduled yet for the beginning of 2015, but perhaps there is a chance that i get to go to europe (location unknown, but probably london or 020) for my client; i am not betting $$ on it, though, they have been pennywise and pound foolish lately.

february 14 in the am travel to new orleans, la (staying @ new orleans downtown marriott at the convention center)
february 14 7pm snarky puppy family dinner volume 2 @ esplanade studios in new orleans, la
february 15 in the am breakfast @ café du monde february 15 after breakfast travel back home

february 23 travel to santa barbara, ca (staying @ the fess parker santa barbara hotel)
february 24-26 psg conference
february 27 travel back home

somewhere in june or july we will also go to hilton head, sc (staying @ yardi owned townhouse)
while staying in hilton head we will visit charleston, sc and savannah, ga

one thing that is certain is that the weird family will travel to neverneverland in september to participate in the celebration of my parents' 50th wedding anniversary!
as it looks now:
september 22 in the pm travel from atl to ams
september 23 in the am arrive in ams; get rental car and drive to biddinghuizen (staying @ landal waterparc veluwemeer)
september 26 anniversary shenanigans
september 28 drive to rotterdam (staying @ nhow rotterdam)
september 29 in the pm drop off rental car & travel from ams to atl; arrive @ home in the evening

more to follow, soon-ish

also, some time in 2015 we will have to visit new york city, but no firm plans have been established, yet ...

friday january 2, 2015

scheduling agenda 2014 v2
the below still looks thin ... but the client i am currently working for is dealt with mostly remotely, which is a nice change of pace from criss-crossing the country ...
may 18 travel to los angeles, ca (staying @ hilton checkers los angeles in los angeles, ca)
may 19-22 working @ client site in los angeles, ca
may 23 travel back home
may 24-25 weekend; on saturday denise & pepper are going to be zombies

may 31 birthday party for travis @ monkey joe's

june 8 weirdz backyard bbq (invite only)

june 23 traveling to philadelphia, pa (staying @ embassy suites philadelphia center-city)
june 23-june 27 conference room pilot @ client site in philadelphia, pa
june 27 travel back home

instead of going to santa barbara, ca, for a client visit at our headquarters, due to denise's dad's death going to take the entire family on a road trip to southern arizona instead.
july 28 drive from home to sweetwater, tx (staying @ holiday inn express & suites sweetwater)
july 29 drive from sweetwater, tx to sierra vista, az (staying @ comfort inn & suites sierra vista); possibly stop @ white sands national monument
july 30 during the day idle time to work remotely for client, in the late pm/early evening viewing @ hatfield funeral home; click here to view obituary
july 31 idle time to work remotely for client; possible family dinner
august 1 11am graveside ceremony @ southern arizona veterans cemetery, followed by a luncheon @ sierra vista umc
august 1 after luncheon drive from sierra vista, az to alamogordo, nm (staying @ holiday inn express & suites alamogordo); possibly stop @ white sands national monument
august 2 drive from alamogordo, nm to longview, tx (staying @ holiday inn express & suites longview)
august 3 drive from longview, tx to home

because of denise's mom's death we are going to go to san antonio, tx, unexpectedly.
august 22 after dinner travel to san antonio, tx, arriving on august 23 somewhere in the afternoon (staying @ staybridge suites san antonio stone oak)
august 23-25 traipse around town
august 25 5-8pm visitation @ chapel hill memorial park; click here to view obituary
august 26 10am funeral & graveside service @ chapel hill memorial park
august 27 drive back home

october 16 travel to st louis (staying @ undetermined)
october 17 prep for friends' wedding
october 18 friends' wedding @
october 19 travel back home

more to follow soon

sunday july 20, 2014

scheduling agenda 2014 v1
the below looks a little thin ... but the client i am currently working for is dealt with mostly remotely, which is a nice change of pace from criss-crossing the country ...
december 31 new year's eve; working @ home office and in the late pm dinner with friends @ red robin
january 1 new year's day january 2-3 working @ home office
january 4-5 weekend; no plans

february 22 weekend; pepper's sweet 16 birthday party

february 25 travel to santa barbara, ca (staying @ bacara resort in santa barbara, ca)
february 26-28 psg conference in santa barbara, ca
february 28 travel north on pch (staying @ monterey plaza hotel & spa in monterey, ca)
march 1 travel north on pch, visit san francisco, ca (staying @ fairmont san francisco in san francisco, ca)
march 2 travel back home

more to follow soon

wednesday january 1, 2014

scheduling agenda 2013 v3
the below will look a little thin ... I may or may not be complaining ... :P
october 12 weekend; no plans
october 13 weekend; watch the atlanta pride parade
october 14 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to philadelphia, pa (staying @ embassy suites philadelphia center-city)
october 15-17 working @ client site in philadelphia, pa
october 18 in the am travel back home; in the pm working @ home office
october 19 weekend; in the evening see lewis black the rant is due @ cobb energy centre
october 20 weekend; visiting the cumming greek festival 2013
october 21-25 working @ home office
october 26-27 weekend; no plans
october 28-november 1 working @ home office
october 31 halloween!
november 2-3 weekend; no plans
november 4-8 working @ home office
november 9-10 weekend; no plans
november 11-15 working @ home office and/or working @ roswell office
november 16-17 weekend; no plans
november 18 working @ home office and/or working @ roswell office
november 19 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to philadelphia, pa (staying @ embassy suites philadelphia center-city)
november 20-22 working @ client site in philadelphia, pa
november 22 in the pm travel back home
november 23-24 weekend; no plans
november 25-27 working @ home office and/or working @ roswell office
november 28 thanksgiving!
november 29 black friday!
november 30-december 1 weekend; no plans

however, the planning of WeirdRoadTrip2014 has begun ... stay tuned for more on this :-)

there will be more to follow as soon as my calendar starts fleshing out!

scheduling agenda 2013 v2 (update 1)
now that #weirdroadtrip2013 has been completed and I am getting back to work, here is the quite chaotic and still incomplete travel schedule for the next month.
june 24 working @ home office; in the evening travel to chattanooga, tn (staying hampton inn chattanooga-airport/i-75)
june 25-27 working @ client site in chattanooga, tn
june 27 in the evening travel back home
june 28 working @ home office
june 29-30 weekend; no plans
july 1-3 working @ home office
july 4 holiday: independence day
july 5 working @ home office
july 6-7 weekend; no plans
july 8 in the am travel to santa barbara, through lax (staying at hotel santa barbara)
july 9-11 working @ yardi headquarters for a client
july 12 travel back home
july 13-14 weekend; no plans
july 15-19 working @ home office
july 20-21 weekend; no plans
july 22 working @ home office; in the evening travel to chattanooga, tn (staying @ holiday inn chattanooga-hamilton place/i-75)
july 23-25 working @ client site in chattanooga, tn
july 25 in the evening travel back home
july 26 working @ home office
july 27-28 weekend; no plans
july 29 working @ home office; in the evening travel to orlando, fl (staying @ sheraton orlando downtown hotel)
july 30-august 1 working @ client site in orlando, fl
august 1 in the evening travel back home
august 2 working @ home office
august 3-4 weekend; no plans
august 5-9 working @ home office
august 8 travis' first day of school @ ivy league academy
august 10-11 weekend; no plans
august 12-16 working @ home office
august 17-18 weekend; no plans
august 19-23 working @ home office
august 24-25 weekend; no plans
august 26-30 working @ home office
august 31 weekend; maybe visit the sky high hot air balloon festival @ callaway gardens in pine mountain, ga
september 1 weekend; no plans
september 2-6 working @ home office
september 7-8 weekend; no plans

then, in september my parents are going to be on vacation in the usa.
september 2-7 in new york city, ny (staying @ hotel 17)
september 8-24 in cumming, ga (staying @ a weird place)

september 9-13 working @ home office
september 14 run for your lives in dalton, ga
september 15 weekend; no plans
september 16-20 working @ home office
september 21 copperhill special train ride from etowah, tn (tix purchased!)
september 22 weekend; no plans
september 23-24 working @ home office
september 24 drop parents at airport
september 25-27 working @ home office
september 28-29 weekend; no plans
september 30-october 4 working @ home office
october 5-6 weekend; no plans
october 7-11 working @ home office
october 12-13 weekend; no plans
october 14-16 working @ home office
october 16 in the evening travel to auburn, al (staying @ undetermined)
october 17 working @ client site in auburn, al
october 17 in the evening travel back home

october 18 working @ home office
october 19 weekend; in the evening see lewis black the rant is due @ cobb energy centre
october 20 weekend; no plans

there will be more to follow as soon as my calendar starts fleshing out!

scheduling agenda 2013 v1 (update 5)
i know it's been a while and really, after my last trip to dallas in between christmas and new year's, i have not been traveling, but things are looking to change.
february 1 working @ home office
february 2 weekend; in the evening see ron white @ cobb energy center
february 3 weekend; no plans
february 4-5 working @ home office
february 6 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to san juan, pr (staying @ doubletree by hilton hotel san juan)
february 7-8 working @ client site in san juan, pr
february 8 in the late pm travel back home
february 9-10 weekend; no plans
february 11-15 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
february 16-17 weekend; no plans
february 18-19 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office; in the late pm travel to orlando, fl (staying @ disney's boardwalk inn)
february 20-21 attending yardi psg conference in orlando, fl
february 21 in the late pm travel back home
february 22 pto; birthday party pepper
february 23 weekend; no plans
february 24 weekend; in the pm birthday party @ balmoral
february 24 in the late pm travel to englewood, co (staying @ undetermined)
february 25-27 working @ client site in englewood, co
february 27 in the pm travel back home
february 28 anniversary-palooza (secret)
march 1 pto; anniversary-palooza (secret)
march 2-3 weekend; no plans
march 4 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
march 5 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to englewood, co (staying @ undetermined)
march 6-7 working @ client site in englewood, co
march 8 travel back home
march 9-10 weekend; no plans
march 11-15 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
march 16-17 weekend; no plans
march 18-22 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
march 23-24 weekend; no plans
march 25-29 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
march 29 in the evening see incognito @ center stage theater
march 30-31 weekend; easter; no plans
a pril 1-5 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
april 6 weekend; denise & pepper participate in the 5k of the color run atlanta @ atlanta motor speedway
april 7 weekend; no plans
april 8 working @ home office; in the evening drive to chattanooga, tn (staying @ hampton inn chattanooga-airport/i-75)
april 9-10 working @ client site in chattanooga, tn
april 10 in the evening travel back home
april 11-12 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
april 13-14 weekend; no plans
april 15 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to orlando, fl (staying @ sheraton orlando downtown hotel)
april 16-18 working @ client site in orlando, fl
april 18 in the evening travel back home
april 19 working @ home office
april 20-21 weekend; no plans
april 22-23 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
april 23 in the evening drive to chattanooga, tn (staying @ hampton inn chattanooga-airport/i-75)
april 24-25 working @ client site in chattanooga, tn
april 25 in the evening travel back home
april 26 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
april 27-28 weekend; no plans
april 29-may 3 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office; possible travel to orlando, fl
may 4 weekend; no plans; if not previous weekend then possibly go to a day out with thomas @ tennessee valley railroad in chattanooga, tn
may 5 weekend; no plans
may 6-10 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
may 11-12 weekend; no plans
may 13-17 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
may 18-19 weekend; no plans
may 20-24 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
may 25 weekend; birthday party travis
may 26 weekend; no plans
may 27 weekend; memorial day
may 28 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to orlando, fl (staying @ sheraton orlando downtown hotel)
may 20-30 working @ client site in orlando, fl
may 30 in the evening travel back home
may 31 working @ home office / mazda to dealership for routine service prior to weirdroadtrip2013

june 1 start of weirdroadtrip2013
june 1 drive to new orleans, la (staying @ the cornstalk hotel)
june 2 spend the day in new orleans, la
june 3 drive to houston, tx (staying @ holiday inn express hotel & suites houston - memorial park area); meet with family
june 4 drive to san antonio, tx (staying @ holiday inn san antonio riverwalk); meet with friends
june 5 drive to el paso, tx (staying @ hilton garden inn el paso/university); meet with a friend
june 6 drive to phoenix, az (staying @ hyatt regency phoenix)
june 7 spend the day in phoenix, az; meet with friends
june 8 commencement ceremony @ phoenix convention center, phoenix, az
june 9 drive to las vegas, nv (staying @ new york new york)
june 10 drive to grand canyon, az, visit the grand canyon skywalk and the south rim (staying @ holiday inn express grand canyon)
june 11 drive to holbrook, az, visit meteor crater and petrified forest national park (staying @ holiday inn express holbrook-navajo blvd)
june 12 drive to page, az, visit the painted desert and antelope canyon (staying @ courtyard page at lake powell)
june 13 drive to santa fe, nm, visit four corners and visit friends in durango, co (staying @ hilton santa fe historic plaza)
june 14 drive to woodward, ok (staying @ hampton inn & suites woodward)
june 15 drive to lonoke, ar (staying @ holiday inn express i-40)
june 16 drive to dallas, tx (staying @ the fairmont dallas)
june 17 drive to san antonio, tx (staying @ embassy suites san antonio riverwalk-downtown)
june 18-21 work @ client site in san antonio, tx
june 21 in the late pm drive to vidor, tx (staying @ holiday inn express hotel & suites vidor south)
june 22 drive to ridgeland, ms (staying @ hyatt place jackson/ridgeland)
june 23 drive home
june 23 end of weirdroadtrip2013

june 24 working @ home office; in the evening travel to chattanooga, tn (staying hampton inn chattanooga-airport/i-75)
june 25-27 working @ client site in chattanooga, tn
june 27 in the evening travel back home
june 28 working @ home office
june 29-30 weekend; no plans

then, in september my parents are going to vacation in the usa.
september 2-7 in new york city, ny
september 8-24 in cumming, ga
during their visit we will watch denise & pepper compete in the following:
september 14 run for your lives in dalton, ga
september 21 copperhill special train ride from etowah, tn

something else to look forward to:
october 19 lewis black the rant is due @ cobb energy centre

there will be more to follow as soon as my calendar starts fleshing out!

scheduling agenda 2012 v5
a new update to my/our calendar is way way way way way way, yes that is six ways, overdue!
october 8 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to dallas, tx (staying @ the fairmont dallas)
october 9-11 working @ client site in dallas, tx
october 11 in the early pm travel back home
october 12 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
october 12 in the pm go to the cumming fair to get our fill of rednecks & hillbillies ;-)
october 13 weekend; in the evening see sinbad @ cobb energy center
october 14 weekend; in the early afternoon go see the pride parade @ 42nd atlanta pride festival honoring national coming out day
october 15 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to dallas, tx (staying @ the fairmont dallas)
october 16-18 working @ client site in dallas, tx
october 18 in the late pm travel back home
october 19 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
october 20-21 weekend; depending on the weather go to georgia veterans state park in cordele, ga, to enjoy a day out with thomas
october 22 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to dallas, tx (staying @ the fairmont dallas)
october 23-25 working @ client site in dallas, tx
october 25 in the late pm travel back home
october 26 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
october 27 weekend; dinner with friends @ cheeky
october 28 weekend; no plans
october 29 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
october 30-november 1 working @ client site in buckhead, ga
october 31 halloween! (gotta practice my walken)
november 2 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
november 3-4 weekend; no plans
november 5 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to dallas, tx (staying @ the fairmont dallas)
november 6-8 working @ client site in dallas, tx
november 8 in the late pm travel back home
november 9 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
november 10-11 weekend; no plans

november 22 thanksgiving/adopt an occupier part II
november 23 black friday shopping @ north georgia premium outlets

it is imperative that there will be more to follow

scheduling agenda 2012 v4
vacations are over, my assignment in denver is over, things are coming to a close while others start: pepper goes to high school this week, i will be traveling to dallas on pretty much a weekly basis until the end of the year.
july 30 in the really early am travel to dallas, tx (staying @ the fairmont dallas)
july 30 working @ the yardi dallas office
july 31-august 1 working @ client site in dallas, tx
august 1 in the late pm travel back home
august 2 going to dds/dmv to renew driver's license; working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
august 3 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
august 4-5 weekend; no plans
august 6 in the really early am travel to dallas, tx (staying @ the fairmont dallas)
august 6-8 working @ client site in dallas, tx
august 8 in the late pm travel back home
august 9-10 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
august 11-12 weekend; no plans
august 13 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to dallas, tx (staying @ the fairmont dallas)
august 14-16 working @ client site in dallas, tx
august 16 in the late pm travel back home
august 17 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
august 18-19 weekend; no plans
august 20 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to dallas, tx (staying @ the fairmont dallas)
august 21-23 working @ client site in dallas, tx
august 23 in the late pm travel back home
august 24 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
august 25-26 weekend; no plans
august 27 working @ home office; in the late pm travel to dallas, tx (staying @ the fairmont dallas)
august 28-30 working @ client site in dallas, tx
august 30 in the late pm travel back home
august 31 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
september 1-2 weekend; no plans
more to follow (i'm sure) ...

scheduling agenda 2012 v3
we are close to recovering from our weirdeurotrip2012, but pepper is still on the go: she left for vermont on june 22 to stay with aunt lauri and then on july 7 she travels to pittsburgh to stay with her dad for 3 weeks. she returns into the fold on july 28.
july 1 weekend; euro 2012 final: forza italia!
july 2 work @ home office for denver client
july 3 load denise & travis in the car and drive to denver, co; first stop columbia, mo (staying @ staying @ hilton garden inn columbia)
july 4 drive west, arriving in denver, co in the late pm/early evening (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
july 5 work @ hotel for denver client
july 6 drive to salt lake city, ut (staying @ salt lake city marriott university park)
july 7 drive to logan, ut for a wedding (staying @ hampton inn logan)
july 8 drive back to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
july 9-12 working @ client site in denver, co
july 13 traveling to woodward, ok (staying @ holiday inn express & suites woodward hwy 270)
july 14 traveling to lonoke, ar (staying @ holiday inn express & suites lonoke i-40)
july 15 final drive to home
july 16 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
july 16-19 working @ client site in denver, co
july 19 in the pm travel back home
july 20 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
july 21-22 weekend; no plans
july 23 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
july 23-26 my last week working @ client site in denver, co
july 26 in the pm travel back home
july 27 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
july 27 in the pm attend norcross office summer event
july 28-29 weekend; no plans

on july 30 i start a new client project, in dallas, for a subsidiary of the company whose ceo's life the tv show dallas is modeled on. this should prove interesting :P

scheduling agenda 2012 v2
we, as the weird-z family, have something to look forward to: our european vacation, dubbed WeirdEuroTrip2012!
the complete schedule of this hubbubalooza is available as a google doc!
may 26 travel to london
may 27 arrival @ lhr
may 27-may 31 staying @ ethos hotel oxford
may 31 travel to london, staying @ hilton london euston hotel
june 1 travel to amsterdam airport via brussels by eurostar/thalys (yes, through the chunnel)!
june 1 pick up rental car @ hertz
june 1 drive to biddinghuizen, staying @ landal waterparc veluwemeer for 14 days
june 9 birthday party travis & denise & rené
june 15 drop off rental car @ hertz
june 15 travel to paris by thalys
june 15-june 17 staying @ novotel paris la défense
june 17 change hotels, staying @ hilton paris charles de gaulle airport
june 18 travel to cincinnati, oh
june 18 5.5 hr layover @ cvg
june 18 travel to atlanta, ga

if there's people that want to meet us, be it in england, holland or france, you are more than welcome to come see us while we are there. we will have traveled a lot of miles (with a 3 year old!) and we want a little bit of relaxation while we're on vacation if you don't mind :P

then, when we get back the schedule is as follows:
june 19-22 work @ home office for denver client
june 23-24 weekend; no plans
june 25 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
june 25-28 working @ client site in denver, co
june 28 in the pm travel back home
june 29 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
june 30-july 1 weekend; no plans
july 2 work @ home office for denver client
july 3 load denise & travis in the car and drive to denver, co; first stop columbia, mo (staying @ staying @ hilton garden inn columbia)
july 4 drive west, arriving in denver, co in the late pm/early evening (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
july 5 work @ hotel for denver client
july 6 drive to salt lake city, ut (staying @ salt lake city marriott university park)
july 7 drive to logan, ut for a wedding (staying @ hampton inn logan)
july 8 drive back to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
uly 9-12 working @ client site in denver, co
july 13 start drive home (staying @ undetermined somewhere in oklahoma)
july 14 continue drive home (staying @ undetermined somewhere in arkansas or tennessee)
july 15 final drive to home
july 16 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
july 16-19 working @ client site in denver, co
july 19 in the pm travel back home
july 20 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
july 21-22 weekend; no plans

pepper has other plans once we get back, because she leaves for vermont on june 22 to stay with aunt lauri.
then on july 7 she travels to pittsburgh to stay with her dad for 3 weeks.
she returns into the fold on july 28.

as you can see, we have tons of stuff going on, so stay tuned for more updates which i am sure are to follow ...

scheduling agenda 2012 v1
i haven't posted anything sooner, because my travel plans have been pretty much the same for a long time. but, the end of the project is in sight - only 7 more weeks until the week of go live!
february 11-12 weekend; no plans
february 13 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
february 13-16 working @ client site in denver, co
february 16 in the pm travel back home
february 17 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
february 18 weekend; pepper's birthday party & sleepover (potentially)
february 19 weekend; no plans
february 20 presidents' day - no plans
february 21 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
february 21-23 working @ client site in denver, co
february 23 in the pm travel back home
february 24 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
february 25-26 weekend; no plans
february 27 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
february 26-march 1 working @ client site in denver, co
march 1 in the pm travel back home
march 2 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
march 3-4 weekend; no plans
march 5 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
march 5-8 working @ client site in denver, co
march 8 in the pm travel back home
march 9 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
march 10-11 weekend; no plans
march 12 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
march 12-15 working @ client site in denver, co
march 15 in the pm travel back home
march 16 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
march 17 weekend; in the evening see ralphie mae at the cobb energy center
march 18 weekend; no plans
march 19 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
march 19-22 working @ client site in denver, co
march 22 in the pm travel back home
march 23 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
march 24 in the early am fly to washington, dc; during the day attend the reason rally; in the pm fly back home
march 25 weekend; no plans
march 26 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
march 26-29 working @ client site in denver, co
march 29 in the pm travel back home
march 30 load the wife & kids in the car and drive back to denver, co; first stop columbia, mo (staying @ staying @ hilton garden inn columbia)
march 31 making our way more west, arriving in denver, co in the late pm/early evening (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
april 1 weekend; no plans
april 2-5 working @ client site in denver, co
april 6 slow start travel back east, first stop topeka, ks (staying @ holiday inn express hotel & suites)
april 7 make our way to st. louis, mo (staying @ angie's)
april 8 last stretch home
april 9 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
april 9-12 working @ client site in denver, co
april 12 in the pm travel back home
april 13 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
april 14-15 weekend; no plans
april 16 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
april 16 GO LIVE!!!!
april 16-19 working @ client site in denver, co
april 19 in the pm travel back home
april 20 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
april 21-22 weekend; no plans
april 23 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
april 23-26 working @ client site in denver, co
april 26 in the pm travel back home
april 27 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
april 28-29 weekend; no plans
april 30 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
april 30-may 3 working @ client site in denver, co
may 3 in the pm travel back home
may 4 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
may 5-6 weekend; no plans


i have no idea how long i will have to stay on after the planned and forced go live date, but after more than a year, i think it's been more than enough. at least once i'm done in denver we, as the weird-z family, have something to look forward to: at last, our european vacation, dubbed eurotrip2012!
complete schedule available here!
may 26 travel to boston, ma
may 26 3.5 hr layover @ bos
may 26 travel to london
may 27 arrival @ lhr
may 27-may 31 staying @ ethos hotel oxford
may 31 travel to london, staying @ hilton london euston hotel
june 1 travel to amsterdam airport by eurostar/thalys (yes, through the chunnel)!
june 1 pick up rental car @ hertz
june 1 drive to biddinghuizen, staying @ landal waterparc veluwemeer for 14 days
june 9 birthday party travis & denise & rené
june 15 drop off rental car @ hertz
june 15 travel to paris by thalys
june 15-june 17 staying @ novotel paris la défense
june 17 change hotels, staying @ hilton paris charles de gaulle airport
june 18 travel to cincinnati, oh
june 18 5.5 hr layover @ cvg
june 18 travel to atlanta, ga

if there's people that want to meet us, be it in england, holland or france, you are more than welcome to come see us while we are there. we will have traveled a lot of miles (with a 3 year old!) and we want a little bit of relaxation while we're on vacation if you don't mind :P
anyway, i will update the agenda with hotels as i am able to make the arrangements.

scheduling agenda 2011 v5
apologies for the lack of updates, but here's a new one for the next of the year .... no, really ...
september 3-4 weekend; no plans
september 5 labor day ... so i'm not working and/or traveling ... :P
september 6 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ the curtis)
september 6-8 working @ client site in denver, co
september 8 in the late pm travel back home
september 9 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
september 9 in the evening see kevin pollak @ the punchline
september 10-11 weekend; no plans
september 12 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
september 12-15 working @ client site in denver, co
september 15 in the late pm travel back home
september 16 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
september 17-18 weekend; no plans
september 19 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
september 19-22 working @ client site in denver, co
september 22 in the late pm travel back home
september 23 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
september 23 in the evening see earth, wind & fire (with symphony) @ chastain park, atlanta, ga
september 24-25 weekend; no plans
september 26 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
september 26-29 working @ client site in denver, co
september 29 in the late pm travel back home
september 30 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
october 1-2 weekend; no plans
october 3 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
october 3-6 working @ client site in denver, co
october 6 in the late pm travel back home
october 7 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
october 8-9 weekend; no plans
october 10 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
october 10-13 working @ client site in denver, co
october 13 in the late pm travel back home
october 14 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
october 15 weekend; possibly go to the punchline to see the charlie sheen roast by anthony jeselnik
october 16 weekend; no plans
october 17 in the really early am travel to santa barbara (staying @ hotel santa barbara)
october 17-20 working @ corporate headquarters in santa barbara, ca
october 21 in the am travel back home
october 22-23 weekend; no plans
october 24 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
october 24-27 working @ client site in denver, co
october 27 in the late pm travel back home
october 28 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
october 29-30 weekend; no plans
october 31 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
october 31-november 3 working @ client site in denver, co
november 3 in the late pm travel back home
november 4 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
november 5-6 weekend; no plans
november 7 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
november 7-10 working @ client site in denver, co
november 10 in the late pm travel back home
november 11 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
november 12-13 weekend; no plans
november 14 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
november 14-17 working @ client site in denver, co
november 17 in the late pm travel back home
november 18 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
november 19-20 weekend; no plans
november 21-23 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
november 24 turkey day - *gobblegobble*!
november 25 black friday shopping @ north georgia premium outlets
november 26-27 weekend; no plans
november 28 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
november 28-december 1 working @ client site in denver, co
december 1 in the late pm travel back home
december 2 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
december 3-4 weekend; no plans
december 5 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
december 5-8 working @ client site in denver, co
december 8 in the late pm travel back home
december 9 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
december 10-11 weekend; no plans
december 12 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
december 12-15 working @ client site in denver, co
december 15 in the late pm travel back home
december 16 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
december 17-18 weekend; no plans
december 19 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
december 19-22 working @ client site in denver, co
december 22 in the late pm travel back home
december 23 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
december 24 weekend; xmas eve
december 25 weekend; xmas
december 26-30 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
december 31 weekend; new year's eve
january 1 new year

since the denver client has effectively postponed their go live date from 01/01/2012 to 04/01/2012 (really, april fools, no joke) the likelihood is that the travel in the first 3-4 months of 2012 will look exactly the same as the last 3-4 months of 2011 ... the upside of this travel is that i get to reach platinum status with delta and collect a whole lot of frequent flyer miles to go towards our 2012 summer vacation to europe. small victories ...

scheduling agenda 2011 v4
apologies for the lack of updates, but here's a new one for the next two months.
june 25-26 weekend; no plans
june 27 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
june 27-30 working @ client site in denver, co
june 30 in the late pm travel back home
july 1 in the early early am travel to dickson city, pa (staying @ fairfield inn scranton)
july 2 travel to newfane, vt (staying @ kevin & laurie's)
july 3-4 visit with kevin & laurie
july 5 travel to hagerstown, md (staying @ springhill suites hagerstown)
july 6 travel back home
july 7-8 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
july 9-10 weekend; no plans
july 10 in the late am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
july 11-12 working @ client site in denver, co
july 13 travel back home; in the evening go to sade+john legend concert (@ philips arena)
july 14 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
july 14 pepper goes on vegetation in pittsburgh, pa
july 15 travel to columbia, mo (staying @ hilton garden inn columbia)
july 16 travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
july 17 weekend; no definitive plans
july 18-21 working @ client site in denver, co
july 20 meet cami somewhere in the denver area
july 21 meet jeff & paul for dinner at their fab house in denver, co
july 22 no plans
july 23 travel to columbia, mo (staying @ hilton garden inn columbia) with a possible stop in topeka, ks
july 24 travel back home
july 25 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
july 25-28 working @ client site in denver, co
july 28 in the late pm travel back home
july 29 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
july 30-31 weekend; no plans
august 1 in the early pm appointment to have my biometrics taken by INS/DHS; in the evening travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
august 2-4 working @ client site in denver, co
august 3 pepper returns from vegetation
august 4 in the late pm travel back home
august 5 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
august 6-7 weekend; no plans
august 8 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
august 8-11 working @ client site in denver, co
august 11 in the late pm travel back home
august 12 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
august 13-14 weekend; no plans
august 15 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
august 15-18 working @ client site in denver, co
august 18 in the late pm travel back home
august 19 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
august 20-21 weekend; no plans
august 22 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
august 22-25 working @ client site in denver, co
august 25 in the late pm travel back home
august 26 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
august 27-28 weekend; no plans

the ones in italics have not been confirmed, but since nothing much has changed in regards to my denver client, i am going to be in denver until january 13, 2012 ... or something like that. the upside of all this travel is that i get to reach platinum status with delta.

scheduling agenda 2011 v3
it is now safe to say that my schedule is not going to show any kind of slowing down from the schedule i've had the last 8 months, but hopefully, the forthcoming schedule will have me at home at least every weekend and it's preceding friday, so it's not all bad.
april 23-24 weekend; no plans
april 25 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
april 25-28 working @ client site in denver, co
april 28 in the late pm travel back home
april 29 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
april 30-may 1 weekend; no plans
may 2 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
may 2-5 working @ client site in denver, co
may 5 in the late pm travel back home
may 6 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
may 7-8 weekend; no plans
may 9 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
may 9-12 working @ client site in denver, co
may 12 in the late pm travel back home
may 13 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
may 14-15 weekend; no plans
may 16 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
may 16-19 working @ client site in denver, co
may 19 in the late pm travel back home
may 20 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
may 21-22 weekend; no plans
may 23-24 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
may 24 approx 9pm mom&dad (oma&opa) are coming to cumming! :-)
may 25 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
may 25 @7.30pm see incognito @ cobb energy performance art centre for the 37th anniversary of wclk 91.9fm
may 26-27 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
may 28-29 weekend; no plans
may 30-june 1 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
june 2 pto
june 3-6 pto - staying @ big bear retreat somewhere in the smokey mountains near pigeon forge, tn
june 7-10 pto
june 11-12 weekend; no plans
june 13 in the early am travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
june 13-16 working @ client site in denver, co
june 14 approx 5pm mom&dad (oma&opa) are leaving cumming! :-(
june 16 in the late pm travel back home
june 17 working @ home office and/or working @ norcross office
june 18-19 weekend; no plans

and yes, i am going to be in denver until january 13, 2012 ... or something like that. not much of change of venue, but there won't be a whole lot of time to frolic ...

scheduling agenda 2011 v2
you may think that my schedule in the last 5 months has been hectic ... well, nothing is changing yet in the month to come. after that it's a little fuzzy still.

march 5-6 weekend; no plans
march 7 in the am work @ home office; in the late pm travel to albuquerque, nm (staying @ holiday inn express albuquerque midtown)
march 8-10 working @ client site in albuquerque, nm
march 11 travel back home
march 12-13 weekend; no plans
march 13 in the late afternoon travel to boston area (staying @ holday inn express boston-waltham)
march 14-16 work @ client site in needham, ma
march 17 travel back home
march 18 working @ norcross office and/or working @ home office
march 19-20 weekend; no plans
march 21 in the am work @ home office; in the late pm travel to albuquerque, nm (staying @ holiday inn express albuquerque midtown)
march 22-24 working @ client site in albuquerque, nm
march 25 travel back home
march 26-27 weekend; no plans
arch 28 travel to san juan, puerto rico (staying @ holiday inn express san juan)
march 29-31 working @ client site in san juan, pr
april 1 travel back home
april 2-3 weekend; no plans
april 3 in the late pm travel to denver, co (staying @ homewood suites by hilton denver international airport)
april 4-8 working @ client site in denver, co
april 9-10 weekend; no plans while staying in denver, co
april 11-13 working @ client site in denver, co
april 13 in the late pm travel back home
april 14 working @ the home office; in the late evening start travel to dekalb, il
april 15 travel to dekalb, il (staying @ holiday inn express sycamore)
april 16 attend wedding julie & eric
april 17-18 travel back home

then:
may 24 approx 9pm-june 14 approx 5pm mom&dad are coming to cumming!
may 25 @7.30pm see incognito @ cobb energy performance art centre for the 37th anniversary of wclk 91.9fm
june 3-6 staying @ big bear retreat somewhere in the smokey mountains near pigeon forge, tn

after all this, who knows, but be assured, i will update my schedule as i hear more.

scheduling agenda 2011 v1
you may think that my schedule in the last months of last year was hectic ... well, better brace yourself, because the first months of 20eleven are looking pretty similar.
january 1-2 weekend; no plans
january 3 holiday (in observance of new year's day) but in the pm travel to hartford, ct (staying @ la quinta inn hartford bradley airport)
january 4-5 working @ client site in weatogue, ct
january 5 travel back home
january 6-7 working @ norcross office, doing gtm sessions with client
january 8-9 weekend; no plans
january 10 in the am working @ norcross office (gtm with client), in the pm traveling to toledo, oh (@ staybridge suites toledo-maumee)
january 11-12 working @ client site in whitehouse, oh
january 13 travel back home
january 11-14 working @ norcross office and/or working @ home office
january 15-16 weekend; no plans
january 17 travel to sturtevant, wi (staying @ holiday inn express racine area)
january 18-21 working @ client site in sturtevant, wi
january 21 travel back home
january 22 weekend; no plans
january 23 weekend; in the pm travel to toledo, oh (staying @ staybridge suites toledo-maumee)
january 24-27 working @ client site in whitehouse, oh
january 28 travel back home
january 29 weekend; no plans
january 30 weekend; in the pm travel to brentwood, tn (staying @ holiday inn express brentwood)
january 31-february 2 working @ client site in brentwood, tn
february 3 travel to greenville, sc (staying @ hampton inn greenville-haywood)
february 4 working @ client site in greenville, sc
february 5 travel back home
february 5-6 weekend; no plans
february 7 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to bethlehem, pa (staying @ undetermind)
february 8-10 working @ client site in bethlehem, pa
february 11 travel back home
february 12-13 weekend; no plans
february 14 valentine's day; surprise dinner
february 15 in the am working @ home office; in the pm travel to houston (staying @ holiday inn express - houston memorial park)
february 16-18 working @ client site in houston, tx
february 18 travel back home
february 19-20 weekend; no plans
february 21 in the early am travel to houston (staying @ holiday inn express - houston memorial park)
february 21-24 working @ client site in houston, tx
february 24 travel back home
february 25 "weekend"; no plans
february 26 pepper's birthday party
february 27 weekend; no plans

may 24 approx 9pm-june 14 approx 5pm mom&dad are coming to cumming!
june 3-6 staying @ big bear retreat somewhere in the smokey mountains near pigeon forge, tn

as you can see there's not many open spots anymore and there's more requests so i'm pretty sure march and april will fill up fast.

scheduling agenda 2010 v6
as you may or may not now, my schedule has been kinda hectic these last few months and they are going to continue to be hectic and it has begun to stretch into next year already ...
november 8-11 working @ norcross office and/or working @ home office
november 12 pto; merger lindsey & jason @ supreme court of georgia
november 13-14 weekend; no plans
november 15 working @ norcross office and/or working @ home office
november 16 in the am working @ home office, in the pm travel to houston, tx (staying @ holiday inn express - houston memorial park)
november 17-19 working @ client site in houston, tx
november 19 travel back home
november 20-21 weekend; no plans
november 22 in the early am travel to houston, tx (staying @ holiday inn express - houston memorial park)
november 22-23 working @ client site in houston, tx
november 24 travel back homenove
november 22-23 working @ norcross office and/or working @ home office
november 24-26 thanksgiving holiday
november 25 thanksgiving *gobblegobble*
november 26 black friday shopping @ north georgia premium outlets
november 27-28 weekend; no plans
november 28 in the pm travel to birmingham, al (staying @ hampton inn birmingham/mountainbrook)
november 29-30 working @ client site in birmingham, al
november 30 travel to houston, tx (staying @ holiday inn express - houston memorial park)
december 1-3 working @ client site in houston, tx
december 3 travel back home
december 4 weekend; no plans
december 5 weekend; in the late pm travel to hartford, ct (staying @ holiday inn express hartford downtown)
december 6-7 working @ client site in weatogue, ct
december 8 travel to detroit, mi (staying @ courtyard detroit southfield)
december 9-10 working @ client site in detroit, mi
december 10 in the late pm travel back home
december 11-12 weekend; no plans
december 13 working @ norcross office and/or working @ home office
december 14-15 client training @ norcross office
december 16-17 undetermined
december 18-19 weekend; no plans
december 20-23 undetermined
december 24 xmas holiday
december 25-26 weekend; xmas
december 27-31 undetermined
merry new year!
january 1-2 weekend; no plans
january 3 in the late pm travel to weatogue, ct (staying @ undetermined)
january 4-5 working @ client site in weatogue, ct
january 6 travel back home
january 7 undetermined
january 8-9 weekend; no plans

may 24 approx 9pm-june 14 approx 5pm mon&dad are coming to cumming!

there's still a few "undetermineds" in the agenda, but the demand on consultants is high, so even though there is not enough room for travel anymore, i'm sure there will be a couple of (much dreaded) gotomeetings crammed in.

scheduling agenda 2010 v5 - updated
since the last update a few weeks ago, my calender has been filling up quite fast, which i am kinda pleased about.
september 27 working @ client site in atlanta, ga
september 28 in the am working @ home office, in the pm travel to charleston, sc (staying @ hampton inn charleston historic district)
september 29-30 working @ client site in charleston, sc
september 30 travel back home
october 1 working @ client site in atlanta, ga
october 2-3 weekend; no plans
october 4 in the am working @ home office, in the pm travel to ft. lauderdale, fl (staying @ courtyard fort lauderdale east)
october 5-7 working @ client site in ft. lauderdale, fl
october 7 travel back home
october 8 working @ norcross and/or working @ home office
october 9-10 weekend; no plans
october 11 in the am working @ home office, in the pm travel to houston, tx (staying @ holiday inn express - houston memorial park)
october 12-15 working @ client site in houston, tx
october 15 travel back home
october 16-17 weekend; no plans
october 18-21 traveling to houston, tx (staying @ holiday inn express - houston memorial park) & working @ client site in houston, tx
october 22 working @ home office
october 23 weekend; seeing incognito live (FINALLY!) @ the variety playhouse;- nope, gig is cancelled :-(
october 24 weekend; no plans
october 24 travel to sandusky, oh (staying @ fairfield inn & suites sandusky)
october 25-27 working @ client site in sandusky, oh
october 28 travel back home
october 29 start of denise's year 3 residency in atlanta, ga (she's staying @ renaissance concourse atlanta airport hotel)
october 30-31 weekend; no plans
november 1-5 working @ home office
november 6-7 weekend; no plans
november 8-12 working @ norcross office and/or working @ home office
november 13-14 weekend; no plans
november 15 working @ norcross office and/or working @ home office
november 16 in the am working @ home office, in the pm travel to houston, tx (staying @ holiday inn express - houston memorial park)
november 17-19 working @ client site in houston, tx
november 19 travel back home
november 20-21 weekend; no plans
november 22 in the early am travel to houston, tx (staying @ holiday inn express - houston memorial park)
november 22-23 working @ client site in houston, tx
november 24 travel back home
november 25-26 thanksgiving holiday
november 25 thanksgiving
november 26 black friday shopping @ north georgia premium outlets
november 27-28 weekend; no plans
november 28 in the pm travel to birmingham, al (staying @ hampton inn birmingham/mountainbrook)
november 29-november 30 working @ client site in birmingham, al
november 30 travel to houston, tx (staying @ holiday inn express - houston memorial park)
december 1-3 working at client site in houston, tx
december 3 travel back home
december 4-5 weekend; no plans
december 6-10 undetermined
december 11-12 weekend; no plans
december 13-17 client training @ norcross office
december 18-19 weekend; no plans
december 20-23 undetermined
december 24 xmas holiday
december 25-26 weekend; xmas
december 27-31 undetermined
merry new year!

there's still a few "undetermineds" in the agenda, but there's 3 clients assigned to me that have not yet decided when to have me on-site for training. and , the company's pipeline is finally purging, so there's a lot of requests for consultants and so far my cloning try-outs have not been too successful ... i may have to get travis up to speed, since kids these days pick up on new technologies really fast :P

scheduling agenda 2010 v4
it has been quite slow at work, had some engagements here and there, but things are finally picking up again.
september 13 working @ norcross office
september 14 in the am working @ home office, in the pm travel to dallas, tx (staying @ sheraton suites market center)
september 15 working @ client site in dallas, tx
september 15 travel back home
september 16-17 working @ client in atlanta, ga
september 18-19 weekend; no plans
september 20 in the am working @ home office, in the pm travel to houston, tx (staying @ holiday inn express)
september 21-23 working @ client site in houston, tx
september 23 travel back home
september 24 working @ norcross and/or working @ home office
september 25-26 weekend; no plans
september 27 working @ client site in atlanta, ga
september 28 in the am working @ home office, in the pm travel to charleston, sc (staying @ hampton inn charleston historic district)
september 29-30 working @ client site in charleston, sc
september 30 travel back home
october 1 working @ norcross and/or working @ home office
october 2-3 weekend; no plans
october 4 in the am working @ home office, in the pm travel to houston, tx (staying @ undetermined)
october 5-7 working @ client site in houston, tx
october 7 travel back home
october 8 working @ norcross and/or working @ home office
october 9-10 weekend; no plans

the client in houston is one that is a large project that will run through the end of the year, so it's not gonna be just 2 visits. and apparently there are more large projects (still stuck) in the pipeline that my directors have me in mind for. next to that i have been assigned to a few small clients, so currently i am juggling 8 different clients ... not without success though ;-)

scheduling agenda 2010 v3
it has been quite slow at work, had some engagements here and there, but hopefully things will pick up again, soon. on the other hand, being home a lot is definitely not a bad thing :-)
may 10 in the am working @ home office, in the pm travel to tulsa, ok (staying @ holiday inn express)
may 11-13 working @ client site in tulsa, ok
may 13 travel back home
may 14 working @ home office
may 15-16 weekend; no plans
may 17 in the am working from home, in the pm travel to dallas, tx (staying @ warwick melrose)
may 18-21 working @ client site in dallas, tx
may 21 travel back home
may 22-23 weekend; no plans
may 24-25 working @ client site in atlanta, ga
may 26-28 working @ home office and/or norcross office
may 28 in the pm kat & dagny arrive
may 29 weekend; birthday party campion & friends
may 30 weekend; birthday party travis
may 31 working @ home office and/or norcross office
june 1 working @ home office; from 11am-1pm graduation campion @ the arena @ gwinnett center
june 2-4 working @ home office and/or norcross office
june 5 weekend; no plans
june 6 in the late am travel to halifax, ns, canada (staying @ holiday inn halifax harbourview)
june 7-11 working @ client site in halifax, ns, canada
june 11 in the pm travel back home
june 12-13 weekend; no plans
june 14 working @ home office and/or norcross office
june 15 work @ client site in atlanta, ga
june 15 @ 4pm close on house
june 16-17 working @ home office and/or norcross office
june 17 in the late pm depart for road trip to arizona & north carolina trip details (not subject to change anymore!)
june 26 in the pm buena vista high school 20 year reunion
july 4 independence day
july 6 the late pm arrive from road trip to arizona & north carolina
july 7-9 working @ home office and/or norcross office
july 10-11 weekend; no plans
all in all, things may not look hectic, yet, but give it time :P

scheduling agenda 2010 v2
slowly but surely things are heating up again at the work and travel front after a few weeks at home. but it was nice being home for a while, definitely :-)
february 1-5 undetermined; work @ home office and/or work @ the office
february 6-7 weekend; no plans
february 8 in the am work from home, in the pm travel to franklin lakes, nj (staying @ holiday inn express haskel-wayne area)
february 9-11 work @ client office in franklin lakes, nj
february 12 travel home
february 13-15 weekend; no plans
february 16 in the am work @ home office, in the pm travel to phoenix, az (staying @ hilton scottsdale resort & villas)
february 17-19 psg conference in phoenix, az february 20 weekend; during the day travel back home, in the evening birthday party for pepper
february 21 weekend, in the pm travel to orlando, fl (staying @ holiday inn express orlando - international drive)
february 22-24 work @ client site in orlando, fl
february 25-26 undetermined; work @ home office and/or work @ the office
february 27-28 weekend; no plans

it is rumoured that there is another large client implementation starting in march, one that i will be assigned to and this one is in houston, tx. there's also a client in stone mountain, ga, i might get assigned to and there's a large client in charlotte, nc. but, these are all in limbo, still.
then, oma is coming to visit! :-)
march 12 oma arrives
march 12-30 oma visits with travis (and the rest of us)
march 30 oma departs for home

there are also rumors that my best friend ronald is flying in to come see us. for this summer, we already have plans, so i will put these here as well.
june 18 start travel to sierra vista, az (via houston, san antonio and fort stockton)
june 21 arrive in sierra vista, az (staying @ family)
june 22-24 chillax in sierra vista, az
june 25-27
20 year high school reunion buena high
june 28 start travel to yet unknown destination on nc coast (route not yet determined)
july 2 arrive at unknown destination on nc coast july 3-5 chillax at unknown destination on nc coast
july 6 travel back home

all in all, things may not look hectic, yet, but give it time :P

scheduling agenda 2010 v1
my first schedule for this year and since not much has been scheduled yet, it will look unusually empty. no worries, though, i'm sure it will get fleshed out really quick.
january 11 in the am work @ the home office; in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
january 12-14 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
january 15 travel back home
january 16-17 weekend; no plans
january 18-22 undetermined; work @ home office and/or work @ the office
january 23-24 weekend; no plans
january 25 in the am dr's appointment
january 25-29 undetermined; work @ home office and/or work @ the office
january 30-31 weekend; no plans
february 1-5 undetermined; work @ home office and/or work @ the office
february 6-7 weekend; no plans
february 8-12 undetermined; work @ home office and/or work @ the office
february 13-14 weekend; no plans
february 15 work @ home office and/or work @ the office
february 16 travel to phoenix, az (staying @ hilton scottsdale resort & villas)
february 17-19 psg conference in phoenix, az
february 20 weekend; during the day travel back home, in the evening birthday party for pepper
february 21 weekend; no plans

it is rumoured that there is another large client implementation starting in march, one that i will be assigned to and this one is in houston, tx. but, we're not done with the client in cedar rapids, ia, because so far we only have completed phase 1 and there is a phase 2 that should be kicked off fairly soon.
for this summer, we already have plans, so i will put these here as well.
june 18 start travel to sierra vista, az (via houston, san antonio and fort stockton)
june 21 arrive in sierra vista, az (staying @ family)
june 22-24 chillax in sierra vista, az
june 25-27 20 year high school reunion buena high
june 28 start travel to yet unknown destination on nc coast (route not yet determined)
july 2 arrive at unknown destination on nc coast
july 3-5 chillax at unknown destination on nc coast
july 6 travel back home

there are also rumors that oma is flying in again to spend some time with travis and there's rumors that my best friend ronald is flying in to come see us. all in all, things may not look hectic, yet, but give it time :P

trip schedule
totally tentative schedule for the christmas week:
december 19 weekend; drop off pepper for christmas vegetation; travel to little rock, ar (staying @ hampton inn & suites little rock-downtown)
december 20 travel to spring branch, tx for dinner
december 20 in the (late) evening travel to san antonio, tx (staying @ riverwalk plaza san antonio)
december 21-22 spend time with family & friends in san antonio, tx
december 23 switching hotels (staying @ holiday inn san antonio riverwalk)
december 24-25 spend time with family & friends in san antonio, tx
december 26 travel to family in houston (staying @ family)
december 27 travel back home
if you are in san antonio, tx, in the week of december 21-24, you are cordially invited to visit us in one of the two downtown hotels i mentioned above. for instance, you could come by to marvel at our baby boy ;-)

scheduling agenda 2009 v10
my updated roster till the end of the year ...
november 28-29 weekend; no plans
november 30 in the really early am travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
november 30 in the pm work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
december 1-3 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
december 4 in the am work @ client site in cedar rapids, in the pm travel back home
december 5 weekend; dentist appointment
december 6 weekend; no plans
december 7 work @ home office; in the pm doctor's appointment (post snipsnip consult)
december 8 in the early am travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
december 8 in the pm work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
december 9-11 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia december 11 in the pm travel back home
december 12-13 weekend; no plans
december 13 in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
december 14-16 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
december 17 in the am work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia; in the pm travel back home
december 18 work @ home office
december 19 weekend; drop off pepper for christmas vegetation; travel to san antonio, tx
december 21-25 spend time with family & friends in san antonio, tx
december 26-27 weekend; travel back home
december 28 in the am travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
december 28 in the pm work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
december 29 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
december 30 in the am work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia; in the pm travel back home

december 31 new year's eve
january 1 new year's day
january 2-3 weekend; no plans
so far, the client in cedar rapids is going live with phase 1 in the week of monday to friday december 14 to december 18, so it makes sense for me, and a collegue, to be there, a lot, to give them that warm and fuzzy feeling. and of course, to rectify any issues that may crop up.

scheduling agenda 2009 v9
oh my, the roster till the end of the year ...
october 31 weekend; halloween
november 1 weekend; no plans other than haircut day (and sleep 1 hour longer because of DST)
november 2-6 work @ the office and/or work @ home office
november 7-8 weekend; no plans
november 9 in the early am appointment at urologist (for snipsnip consult), in the late am work @ home office; in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ holiday inn express cedar rapids)
november 10-12 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
november 13 travel back home
november 14-15 weekend; no plans
november 16 in the am work @ home office; in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
november 17-19 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
november 20 travel back home
november 21-22 weekend; no plans
november 23-24 work @ the office and/or work @ home office
november 25 pto
november 26 thanksgiving
november 27 pto; black friday shopping in the middle of the night!
november 28-29 weekend; no plans
november 30 in the am work @ home office; in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
december 1-3 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
december 4 travel back home
december 5-6 weekend; no plans
december 7 in the am work @ home office; in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
december 8-10 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
december 11 travel back home
december 12-13 weekend; no plans
december 14 in the am work @ home office; in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
december 15-17 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
december 18 travel back home
december 19-20 weekend; no plans
december 21-24 work @ the office and/or work @ home office
december 25 christmas
december 26-27 weekend; no plans
december 28 in the am work @ home office; in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
december 29 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
december 30 in the am work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia; in the pm travel back home
december 31 new year's eve
january 1 new year's day
january 2-3 weekend; no plans
yup, that's a lot of cedar rapids. client is going live on friday december 11 with phase 1, so it makes sense for me, and a collegue, to be there to give them that warm and fuzzy feeling. and of course, to rectify any issues that may crop up.

scheduling agenda 2009 v8
like mentioned in the previous blog i posted minutes ago, here's my updated travel roster.
october 3 weekend; drop off aunt lauri @ airport
october 4 weekend; travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ holiday inn express cedar rapids)
october 5-8 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
october 8 travel back home
october 9 work @ home office
october 9 drive to south pittsburg, tn, to drop off pepper for vegetation
october 10-11 weekend; no plans
october 12 (columbus day holiday)
october 13 in early am travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ holiday inn express cedar rapids); in the pm work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
october 14-16 in the am work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia; in the pm travel back home
october 17-18 weekend; no plans
october 18 travel to dallas, tx (staying @ the adolphus)
october 19-20 work @ client site in dallas, tx
october 21 travel back home
october 22-23 work @ the office and/or work @ home office
october 24-25 weekend
october 26 in the am work @ home office; in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
october 27-29 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
october 30 travel back home
october 31-november 1 weekend; no plans

rest of november undetermined (but likely a lot of time will be spent in cedar rapids, ia) maybe sometime in the last weeks of october or the early weeks of november grandpa pete will drop in for a visit. and no worries, my calendar for november will be filled in short notice.

scheduling agenda 2009 v7
still pretty busy at my client in cedar rapids and in fact, i might have to get more busy for them, because things are not going as smooth as everyone hoped. luckily it is not just me, or us as the software vendor, that is the problem, but a combination of a lot of factors that make this project kinda convoluted. but still, the people are nice enough. the bad thing, however, is that delta doesn't offer a direct flight to cedar rapids in the evening anymore, nor does it offer a connection through cincinnati. this means my travel time will increase with a couple of hours, because now i have to connect in either detroit, minneapolis or denver!
august 15-16 weekend; no plans
august 17 work @ the office and/or @ the home office
august 18 in the am work @ the home office, in the pm appointment for initial interview green card, in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
august 19-21 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
august 21 travel back home
august 22-23 weekend; no plans
august 24 in the am work @ the home office, in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
august 25-27 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
august 28 travel back home
august 29 weekend; my parents arrive in atlanta for the start of their vacation in the usa
august 30 weekend; no plans
august 31 my parents leave for their 2 week vacation in the southeast of the usa
august 31-september 4 undetermined
september 4 my sister and brother-in-law arrive in atlanta for the start of their vacation in the usa; denise's sister kat and her boyfriend/partner arrive in atlanta for a holiday weekend
september 5-6 weekend; no plans
september 7 labor day; my sister and brother-in-law leave atlanta for the rest of their vacation in west usa; kat and partner leave for home
september 7 in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
september 8-10 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
september 11 travel back home
september 12-13 weekend; no plans
september 14-15 undetermined
september 15 my parents return from vacation to stay with us for a week
september 15-18 pto
september 19-20 weekend; no plans
september 21 pto; my parents return home
september 21 in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
september 22-24 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
september 25 travel back home
september 26-27 weekend; no plans

you can see that most of the "undetermined" has magically disappeared. the good thing is that the "probably pto" has turned into pto!

scheduling agenda 2009 v6
i know, i know, i promised this over a week ago, but sometimes it takes a little bit more time to hammer out all the details ... and they are still not hammered out ... but, even though we're in the middle of summer, or maybe because we're in the middle of summer, things are heating up travel-wise, regardless.
july 4-5 weekend; no plans
july 6-10 work @ the office and/or @ the home office
july 11-12 weekend; no plans
july 13 in the am work @ the home office, in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
july 14-16 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
july 17 travel back home
july 18-19 weekend; no plans
july 20 in the am work @ the home office, in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
july 21-22 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
july 23 travel back home
july 24 work @ the office and/or @ the home office july 25 weekend; pick-up pepper from south pittsburg, tn
july 26 weekend; no plans july 27 in the am work @ the home office, in the pm travel to san antonio, tx (staying @ hilton san antonio airport)
july 28 work @ client site in san antonio, tx
july 28 travel to lakeland, fl (staying @ hyatt place lakeland center)
july 29-31 work @ client site in lakeland, fl
july 31 travel back home
august 1-2 weekend; no plans
august 3 in the am work @ the home office, in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
august 4-6 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
august 6 travel back home
august 7 work @ the home office; denise's 1st day of uop residency in atlanta
august 8 weekend; denise's 2nd day of uop residency in atlanta
august 9 weekend; denise's 3rd day of uop residency in atlanta
august 10 kids' first day of school
august 10-14 work @ the office and/or @ the home office (or possibly go to client site @ tampa, fl
august 15-16 weekend; no plans
august 17 work @ the office and/or @ the home office
august 18 in the am work @ the home office, in the pm appointment for initial interview green card, in the evening travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
august 19-21 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
august 21 travel back home
august 22-23 weekend; no plans
august 24 in the am work @ the home office, in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
august 25-27 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
august 28 travel back home
august 29 weekend; my parents arrive in atlanta for the start of their vacation
august 30 weekend; no plans
august 31 my parents leave for their 2 week vacation in the southeast of the usa
august 31-september 4 undetermined
september 4 my sister and brother-in-law arrive in atlanta for the start of their vacation
september 5-6 weekend; no plans
september 7 my sister and brother-in-law leave atlanta for the rest of their vacation
september 7-11 undetermined
september 12-13 weekend; no plans
september 14 undetermined
september 15 my parents return from vacation to stay with us for a week
september 15-18 undetermined, probably pto
september 19-20 weekend; no plans
september 21 my parents return home
september 21-25 undetermined
don't worry about the "undetermined" in this list, i am pretty confident they will get filled up pretty quickly. still working for 66% of my time for the cedar rapids client and now there's at least 3 account managers that (seemingly only) want me for any on-sites for their new and/or converting clients. being in demand is not a bad thing, i suppose ...

scheduling agenda 2009 v5
unfortunately the time has come again to go back on the road again. i'm gonna be missing travis, and denise (and the others) of course, a lot ...
june 16 in the am work @ the home office, in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
june 17-18 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
june 19 travel back home
june 20-21 weekend; no plans
june 22 in the am work @ the home office, in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
june 23-26 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
june 27 travel back home on red-eye flight
june 27-28 weekend; no plans
june 29 in the am work @ the home office, in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
june 30-july 1 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
july 2 travel back home

july 3 work @ the office and/or @ the home office
july 4-5 weekend; no plans
july 27 travel to san antonio, tx (staying @ undetermined)
july 28 work @ client site in san antonio, tx
july 29 travel back home
mainly, i will be traveling to cedar rapids, because i will be spending about 66%, or more, of my time for that particular client. the biggest downside to travel to cedar rapids is that there are not too many flights and the departure times are kinda strange as well, so i will always lose a day and a half just to get there and back again.

scheduling agenda 2009 v4
this list will be the most recent and updated list of all my travels till the end of may. after my last trip in may i will not travel for about a month. i will take a couple of weeks off and the rest of the time i will work from home, so i can assist as much as i can around the house right after travis is born. so without further ado:
april 25-26 weekend; no plans (other than putting the room divider up)
april 27 in the am work @ the home office, in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
april 28-30 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
may 1 travel back home may 2 appointment @ uscis in atlanta to do my biometrics
may 3 weekend; no plans
may 4 in the am work @ the home office, in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
may 5-7 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
may 8 travel back home
may 9-10 weekend; no plans
may 11-12 work @ client site in downtown atlanta
may 12 in the evening travel to birmingham, al (staying @ hampton inn mountain brook)
may 13-15 work @ client site in birmingham, al
may 15 in the evening travel back home
may 16 baby shower!
may 17 weekend; no plans
may 18 in the am work @ the home office, in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
may 19-21 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
may 21 in the pm travel back home
may 22 work @ the office and work from the home office
may 23-24 weekend; no plans
hopefully travis decides to stay in till at least may 22 so that i am home to drive denise to the hospital and to take care of the kids and the house. i guess we'll just have to wait and see ...

scheduling agenda 2009 v3
by request of my parents in all futures baby blog posts, at the top, i will put a link to my latest schedule so they can see where i am. and as you will see it is going to be a hectic next 8 weeks ... just thinking about it makes me tired already ...
march 24 in the am work @ home; in the pm travel to dallas, tx (staying @ warwick melrose hotel)
march 25-27 work @ client site in dallas, tx
march 27 travel back home
march 28-29 weekend; no plans
march 29 in the evening travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
march 30-april 1 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
april 2 travel back home
april 3 work @ the home office or @ the office
april 4-5 weekend; no plans
april 6-10 undetermined (!)
april 11-12 weekend; no plans
april 13 in the am work @ the home office, in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
april 14-16 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
april 17 travel back home
april 18-19 weekend; no plans
april 19 in the evening travel to fort lauderdale, fl (staying @ la quinta inn & suites fort lauderdale cypress creek)
april 20-22 work @ client site in fort lauderdale, fl
april 22 in the evening travel back home
april 23 work @ the office
april 24 work @ the home office
april 25-26 weekend; no plans
april 27 in the am work @ the home office, in the pm travel to cedar rapids, ia (staying @ cedar rapids marriott)
april 28-30 work @ client site in cedar rapids, ia
may 1 travel back home
may 2-3 weekend; no plans
may 4-8 undetermined (!)
may 9-10 weekend; no plans
may 11-12 work @ the home office or @ the office
may 12 in the pm travel to birmingham, al (staying @ undetermined)
may 13-15 work @ client site in birmingham, al
may 15 in the evening travel back home
may 16-17 weekend; no plans

i'm sure those two weeks that are marked as "undetermined" will fill up with client visits as well, but at least one of them will be here in downtown atlanta. and then, of course, when travis john carlin is born, hopefully somewhere around denise's, campion's and my birthday, i will take 2 weeks (or so) off to spend some qualitime at home with the new and extended and improved family.

scheduling agenda 2009 v2
finally things are heating up again, so here's the latest of how my agenda looks:
february 16 president's day; pick up pepper from vegetation
february 17-19 work @ the office & work @ home
february 19 travel to birmingham, al (staying @ hampton inn mountain brook)
february 20 work @ client site in birmingham, al
february 20 in the evening travel back home
february 21-22 birthday party/sleepover for pepper
february 23-24 work @ the office
february 25 in the am work @ home; in the pm travel to san antonio, tx (staying @ hilton garden inn san antonio airport)
february 26-27 work @ client site in san antonio, tx
february 27 travel back home
february 28-march 1 weekend; no plans
march 2 work @ the office
march 3-5 possible travel to @ on-site with client in cedar rapids, ia
march 6 work @ home
march 7-8 weekend; no plans
march 9-13 undetermined
march 14 weekend; no plans march 15 travel to anaheim, ca (staying @ doubletree guest suites anaheim resort/convention center)
march 16-18 psg conference in anaheim, ca
march 17 teach a class @ psg conference
march 19 travel back home
march 20 work @ home
march 21-22 weekend; no plans
march 23 work @ the office
march 24 in the am work @ home; in the pm travel to dallas, tx (staying @ warwick melrose hotel)
march 25-27 work @ client site in dallas, tx
march 27 travel back home
march 28-29 weekend; no plans

there is only one "undetermined" left in the list, but i already have a few clients lined up for in between what you see here and after march. all they need is to make up their mind about on-site training days. i know i will be back in san antonio somewhere in may for a client i've already been to twice ... they keep asking me back, but i know that this time it is only for one day. and then, of course, when travis john carlin is born, hopefully somewhere around denise's, campion's and my birthday, i will take 2 weeks (or so) off to spend some qualitime at home with the new and extended and improved family.

scheduling agenda 2009 v1
in between all the baby stuff i will update my schedule every so often and since it has been a while here is an updated schedule.
january 12-13 work @ the office
january 14 work from the home office and in the afternoon travel to friendswood, tx (staying @ comfort suites)
january 15-16 work @ client office in friendswood, tx
january 17 travel back home
january 18 weekend; no plans
january 19 public holiday (MLK day); picking up kid(s) from vegetation
january 20-23 work @ the office and/or the home office
january 24-25 weekend; no plans
january 26-27 work @ the office
january 28 work from the home office and in the afternoon travel to boston, ma (staying @ hilton boston financial district)
january 29-30 work @ client office in boston, ma
january 30 in the evening fly back home
january 31-february 1 weekend; no plans
february 2-6 undetermined
february 7-8 weekend; no plans
february 9-13 undetermined; take kid(s) to drop-off point for vegetation
february 14-15 weekend; no plans
february 16 pick up kid(s) from vegetation
february 17-20 undetermined
february 21-22 weekend; no plans
february 23-27 undetermined
february 28-march 1 weekend; no plans
march 2-6 undetermined
march 7-8 weekend; no plans
march 9-13 undetermined
march 14 weekend; no plans
march 15 travel to anaheim, ca (staying @ doubletree guest suites anaheim resort/convention center)
march 16-18 psg conference in anaheim, ca
march 19 travel back home
march 20 work from the home office
march 21-22 weekend; no plans

as you can see, still quite a lot of "undetermined' in the list, but we can see that things are starting to pick up again, so hopefully within the next few weeks my calender will be fully booked through the end of march. and clients always arrange things at the very last moment, so who knows how things are going to fill out ... and if i don't have to travel, hey, that means that i get to spend more time at home, which is also not a punishment :-)

scheduling agenda 2008 v14 - updated
in between all the baby stuff i will update my schedule every so often and since it has been a while here is an updated schedule.
december 1-5 work @ the office and work @ the home office
december 6-7 weekend; no plans
december 8 work @ the home office
december 8 travel to pensacola, fl (staying @ pensacola grand)
december 9-11 work @ client site in pensacola, fl
december 11 travel back home
december 12 work @ the office or work @ the home office
december 13 dinner @ our place with friends
december 14 weekend; no plans
december 15-16 work @ the office and/or work @ the home office
december 16 travel to friendswood, tx (staying @ la quinta inn & suites webster - clearlake)
december 17-18 work @ client site in friendswood, tx
december 17 kids go to vegetation for the xmas holiday
december 18 in the evening drive to san antonio, tx
december 19 attend john's funeral in san antonio, tx
december 20 drive from san antonio to houston to fly back home
december 21 weekend; no plans
december 22-24 undetermined; work @ the office and/or work @ the home office
december 25-26 xmas
december 27-28 weekend; no plans
december 29-31 undetermined; work @ the office and/or work @ the home office
december 31 new year's eve
january 1 new year's
january 2 undetermined; work @ the office and/or work @ the home office
january 3 pick up kids from vegetation @ drop-off point
january 4 weekend; no plans

after that everything is pretty much open apart from:
january 28 travel to boston, ma (staying @ undetermined)
january 29-30 work @ client site in boston, ma
january 30 travel back home
march 15 travel to anaheim, ca (staying @ undetermined)
march 16-18 psg conference in anaheim, ca
march 19 travel back home

hopefully the economy will improve soon and aided by a new year with all new & fresh budgets the workload should become unmanageable ... one can hope ... ;-)

scheduling agenda 2008 v14
in between all the baby stuff i will update my schedule every so often and since it has been a while here is an updated schedule.
december 1-5 work @ the office and work @ the home office
december 6-7 weekend; no plans
december 8 work @ the home office
december 8 travel to pensacola, fl (staying @ pensacola grand)
december 9-11 work @ client site in pensacola, fl
december 11 travel back home
december 12 work @ the office or work @ the home office
december 13 dinner @ our place with friends
december 14 weekend; no plans
december 15-16 work @ the office and/or work @ the home office
december 16 travel to friendswood, tx (staying @ la quinta inn & suites webster - clearlake)
december 17-18 work @ client site in friendswood, tx
december 19 in the am travel back home & in the pm work @ the home office
december 20-21 weekend; no plans
december 22-24 undetermined; work @ the office and/or work @ the home office
december 25-26 xmas
december 27-28 weekend; no plans
december 29-31 undetermined; work @ the office and/or work @ the home office
december 31 new year's eve
january 1 new year's
january 2 undetermined; work @ the office and/or work @ the home office
january 3-4 weekend; no plans

after that everything is pretty much open apart from:
march 15 travel to anaheim, ca (staying @ undetermined)
march 16-18 psg conference in anaheim, ca
march 19 travel back home

hopefully the economy will improve soon and aided by a new year with all new & fresh budgets the workload should become unmanageable ... one can hope ... ;-)

scheduling agenda 2008 v13
in between all the baby stuff i will update my schedule every so often and since it has been a while here is an updated schedule.
november 13 work @ the office
november 14 work @ the home office
november 15 weekend; go on a photo-tour with our good friend mr stevens
november 16 weekend; no plans november 17-21 in the am work from home and in the pm drive to cullman, al (staying @ best western fairwinds inn)
november 18-20 work @ client site in cullman, al
november 20 drive back home
november 21 work @ the office or @ the home office
november 22-23 weekend; no plans
november 24-25 work @ the office or @ the home office
november 25 in the evening start our drive to the middle of nowhere, ks
november 26-28 stay @ family ranch in ks for thanxgiving (november 27)
november 29 drive back to atlanta, ga
november 30 weekend; rest & possibly do some post-thanksgiving shopping
december 1 undetermined; oneyearaversary
december 2 undetermined; appointment at obstetrician
december 3-5 undetermined
december 6-7 weekend; no plans
december 8 in the am work from home and in the pm travel to pensacola, fl (staying at crown plaza hotel pensacola grand)
december 9-11 work @ client site in pensacola, fl
december 11 travel back home
december 12 work @ the office or @ the home office
december 13-14 weekend; no plans

between and after all of this i know i have to go back to dallas a third time and there is a trip to friendswood (a suburb of houston, tx). things at the work front are smoothly rolling along and the schedulers keep giving me clients and so far the survey results have been mostly positive. guess i am not doing a good enough job of pissing them off ;-)

scheduling agenda 2008 v12 - updated
no, this is not the exciting update i promised ...
october 20-24 work @ the office and/or work @ the home office
october 25-26 weekend; no plans, maybe pay that wonderful swedish furniture store a visit
october 27 working from home in the am, in the pm travel to dallas, tx (staying @ the adolphus)
october 28-30 work @ client site in dallas, tx
october 30 travel back home
october 31 work from home
november 1-2 weekend; no plans, maybe pay that wonderful swedish furniture store a visit if it doesn't happen in the weekend prior to this one
november 2 travel to miami, fl (staying @ best western windsor inn)
november 3-4 work @ client site in miami, fl
november 4 travel back home
november 5 work from home or travel to birmingham, al
november 6-7 work from home, the office, or possibly go to a client site in birmingham, al
november 8-9 weekend; no plans
novemer 10 work from home in the am and in the pm travel to columbus, oh (staying @ country inn & suites)
november 11-12 work @ client site in columbus, oh
november 12 travel back home
november 13-14 work @ the office or @ home
november 15-16 weekend; no plans
november 17-21 in the am work from home and in the pm drive to cullman, al (staying @ best western fairwinds inn)
november 18-20 work @ client site in cullman, al
november 20 drive back home
november 21 work @ the office or @ home
november 22-23 weekend; no plans
november 24-25 undetermined november 25 in the evening start our drive to the middle of nowhere, ks
november 26-28 stay @ family ranch in ks for thanxgiving (november 27)
november 29 drive back to atlanta, ga
november 30 weekend; rest

there's still a few undetermineds in there and hopefully we are not as impacted by the crash of the economy, so it might fill up with more on-site days. i want to go on-site because i have a goal of reaching gold status with delta by the end of this year and i am in need of a couple return flights :P i promise, the exciting blog will come soon ... :D

scheduling agenda 2008 v11
just a minor update since new engagements are only slowly coming through ...
september 22-26 work @ the office and/or work @ the home office
september 27-28 weekend; no plans
september 29 travel to dallas, tx and in the pm work @ client site (staying @ the adolphus)
september 30-october 2 work @ client site in dallas, tx
october 3 in the am work @ client site and in the pm travel back home
october 4-5 weekend; no plans
october 5 travel to san antonio, tx (staying @ staybridge suites)
october 6-7 work @ client site in san antonio, tx
october 8 travel back home
october 9-10 undetermined
october 11-12 weekend; no plans

after that i still uncertain, but i am sure that my calendar will fill up pretty quickly. and as soon as it does i will return with a new update. for now, enjoy the (relative) silence :-)

scheduling agenda 2008 v10
summer is over, so things are heating up again (huh?!). now, the start of this schedule is interesting, so pay attention ... if you blink, you might miss it ...
september 3 take denise to airport; denise travel to phoenix, az
september 4-8 denise dm/ist residency in phoenix, az
september 3-9 me in charge of the household (no panic, no need for the bombshelter just yet, i've got clear instructions and a day-to-day schedule that should keep me on top of things)
september 4-5 work @ the atlanta office in the AM and @ the home office in the PM
september 6-7 weekend; no plans, yet ...
september 8 work @ the atlanta office in the AM and @ the home office in the PM
september 9 client training @ the atlanta office
september 9 denise travel back home; pick up denise from the airport
september 10 work @ the atlanta office
september 11 client training @ the atlanta office
september 12 work @ the atlanta office for full-service client
september 13-14 weekend; no plans
september 15 work from the home office
september 15 travel to miami, fl (staying @ holiday inn coral gables/university of miami)
september 16-18 work @ client site in miami, fl
september 18 travel back home
september 19 work @ the atlanta office for full-service client
september 20-21 weekend; no plans
september 22-26 undetermined; possible travel to client site in dallas, tx
september 27-28 weekend; no plans
september 29-october 3 undetermined; possible travel to client sites in columbus, oh and/or dallas, tx
october 4-5 weekend; no plans
october 5 travel to san antonio, tx (staying @ staybridge suites)
october 6-7 work @ client site in san antonio, tx
october 8 travel back home
october 9-10 undetermined
october 11-12 weekend; no plans

i'm gonna stop here. i am sure that some of the gaps in this schedule will be filled and i am certain that my schedule will be looking quite hectic, probably till mid-december. of course, i'm gonna take a mini-break around thanxgiving, which this year is on november 27. this time we will celebrate this lovely day before black friday shopping with family in kansas. for real. it's gonna be very cool (i must only not forget to bring plenty of benadryl!) :-)

scheduling agenda 2008 v9...
yeah baby, yeah!

scheduling agenda 2008 v8
ever since coming back from holiday early june i have been on the road every week and it doesn't look like it is going to slow down. means this is good for the company, but it also means i am away from home a lot. anyhow, this is how my schedule looks from here on out:
jul 28 work from the home office & travel to toronto, canada (staying @ hampton inn & suites)
jul 29-aug 1 training @ the toronto office
aug 1 travel back home
aug 2-3 weekend; no plans
aug 3 travel to minneapolis, mn (staying @ sheraton bloomington)
aug 4-6 work @ client site in edina, mn
aug 7 travel back home
aug 8 work from the home office
aug 9-10 weekend; no plans

to be continued ... i'm sure ... i may be going back to SATX for a couple of days and i have another client in birmingham, al, that requires my services. but who knows, i may get the opportunity to slow down the pace a bit, so i can focus on some things on the homefront. other than that, all is cool :-)

scheduling agenda 2008 v7
now that my vacation and non-travel time is over (lucky me ...) i get to go on the road again.
jun 19-20 working from the home office
jun 20 see the tempest @ the rosewater theatre
jun 21-22 weekend; no plans
jun 23 working from the home office & travel to columbus, oh (staying @ country inn & suites)
jun 24-26 work @ client site in columbus, oh
jun 26 travel back home
jun 27 work from the home office
jun 28-29 weekend; no plans
jun 30 work from the home office
jul 1-2 training @ the atlanta office
jul 3 work from the home office
jul 4 independence day
jul 5-6 weekend; no plans
jul 7 travel with my lovely wife to san antonio, tx (staying @ staybridge suites)
jul 8-10 work @ client site in san antonio, tx
jul 8-10 evenings: see family & friends
jul 11 travel back home
jul 12-13 weekend; no plans
jul 14 work from the home office & travel to detroit, mi (staying @ fairfield inn & suites)
jul 15-17 work @ client site in detroit, mi
jul 17 travel back home
jul 18 work from the home office
jul 19 pick up kids from vegetation in south pittsburg, tn
jul 20 weekend; no plans
jul 21 work from the home office & travel to new york, ny (staying @ marriott at the brooklyn bridge)
jul 22-23 work @ client site in brooklyn, ny
jul 23 travel back home
jul 24-25 work from the home office
jul 26-27 weekend; no plans
jul 28 work from the home office & travel to toronto, canada (staying @ hampton inn & suites)
jul 29-aug 1 training @ the toronto office
aug 1 travel back home
aug 2-3 weekend; no plans

this is it for now, but seeing how all of a sudden i seem to be in demand by several account managers my calendar for the rest of the year may fill up quickly *sigh* now all i need is a loan to buy the car that i want, so my lovely wife doesn't have to drive me back and forth to the airport all the time.

scheduling agenda 2008 v6
i warned you that my rant would not be on the top of my blog posts for long ... so instead here's the next instalment of another cringe-inducing post :D
may 4 travel to new york (staying @ glen cove mansion)
may 5-8 training @ our glen head office
may 9 travel back home may 10-11 weekend; no plans
may 12 travel to naples, fl (staying @ naples bay resort)
may 13-15 work @ client site in naples, fl
may 16 travel back home
may 17 weekend; no plans
may 18 travel to little rock, ar (staying @ doubletree little rock)
may 19-21 work @ client site in little rock, ar
may 21 travel back home
may 22-23 undetermined
may 24-25 weekend; no plans
may 26 memorial day; no plans
may 27-28 undetermined
may 29 travel to ams
may 30 arriving in ams (staying @ landgoed ginkelduin)
may 30 me to apply for a new passport
may 31 meet family in amsterdam for a tourist trap tour
june 1 intimate family meet
june 2 undetermined
june 3 wedding day (staying @ de barones)
june 4 visit with friends and their little toes
june 5-6 undetermined
june 7 travel back home
june 8 weekend; rest
june 9-11 undetermined
june 11 travel to little rock, ar (staying @ undetermined)
june 12-13 work @ client site in little rock, ar
june 13 travel back home
june 14-15 weekend; no plans

after that, no idea yet, but i am close to being fully up-to-speed, so i'm sure client assignments will fly in, so i can be booked 6-12 weeks in advance ... oh the joys of being in demand ;-) other than that all is going smoothly, everything is exciting and oddly relaxed at the same time. life is good :-)

scheduling agenda 2008 v5 - updated
so yeah, not too long ago (only a week and a half ago) i posted my scheduled schedule. of course, since then a few changes have been made to the schedule, so here goes ...
april 9 work @ client site in downtown atlanta (in the evening ikea furniture assembly)
april 10 work from our atlanta office (in the afternoon & evening ikea furniture assembly)
april 11 work from the home office (in the afternoon & evening ikea furniture assembly)
april 12 weekend; pick-up our son from atl (in the morning ikea furniture assembly)
april 13 weekend; pick-up our daughter at vegetation drop-off/pick-up point april 13 travel to little rock, ar (staying @ doubletree hotel little rock)
april 14-16 work @ client site in little rock, ar
april 16 travel back home
april 17-18 undetermined
april 19-20 weekend; no plans
april 21 work from the home office
april 21 travel to san francisco, ca (staying @ hilton sf financial district)
april 22-23 working @ client sites in san francisco, ca
april 23 travel to salem, or (staying @ phoenix grand hotel)
april 24-25 working @ client site in stayton, or
april 26 travel back home
april 27 weekend; no plans
april 28 working @ client site in marietta, ga
april 29-may 2 undetermined
may 3 weekend; no plans
may 4 travel to new york (staying @ glen cove mansion)
may 5-8 training @ our glen head office
may 9 travel back home
may 10-11 weekend; no plans
may 12 travel to naples, fl (staying @ hawthorn suites)
may 13-15 work @ client site in naples, fl
may 16 travel back home
may 17 weekend; no plans
may 18 travel to little rock, ar (staying @ undetermined)
may 19-21 work @ client site in little rock, ar
may 21 travel to tempe, az (staying @ undetermined)
may 22-23 work @ client site in tempe, az
may 24 travel back home
may 25 weekend; no plans
may 26-28 undetermined
may 29 travel to ams
may 30 arriving in ams (staying @ landgoed ginkelduin)
may 30 me to apply for a new passport
june 3 wedding day (staying @ de barones)
june 7 travel back home

lots has been changed in a week and a half and i'm sure there will be even more changes. lots of changes also at the homefront. our daughter's room has had a complete overhaul: new bed, new dresser, new desk, new chairs, new bookcase/shelves, new lamps, new bedding, new new new, so when she gets back this sunday she will be sleeping in a shiny new bedroom. and we already know she is excited about it. the remainder of this week my beautiful wife and i will be overhauling our living room, because we bought us a new chest of drawers, a tv bench and a couple of bookcases/display shelves. it's a start, because our son's room also needs to be redecorated slash fumigated and our bedroom is also in dire need of a new bed. but all in time ... :-)

scheduling agenda 2008 v4
as time progresses things at the work front are settling in, plus having sent in an updated skills set to my superiors i am getting scheduled for more and more clients that fit my scope and interest. the sad thing is that i've already become the go-to-guy for difficult clients or last-minute client visits ... *sigh*
march 31-april 2 work @ client site in marietta, ga (regular commute)
april 3 work from the norcross office
april 4 work from the home office
april 4 drop off our son at atl for his spring break trip to sea, wa
april 5 weekend: drop of our daughter for her spring break vegetation with the todd
april 6 weekend; no plans
april 7-11 undetermined
april 12 weekend; pick-up our son from atl
april 13 weekend; pick-up our daughter at vegetation drop-off/pick-up point
april 13 travel to little rock, ar (staying @ undetermined)
april 14-16 work @ client site in little rock, ar
april 16 travel back home
april 17-18 undetermined
april 19 weekend; no plans
april 20 travel to san francisco, ca (staying @ undetermined)
april 21-22 working @ client site in oakland, ca
april 23 travel to portland, or (staying @ undetermined)
april 24-25 working @ client site in stayton, or
april 26 travel back home
april 27 weekend; no plans
april 28-may 2 undetermined
may 3-4 weekend; no plans
may 5-9 undetermined
may 10-11 weekend; no plans
may 12 travel to naples, fl (staying @ undetermined)
may 13-15 work @ client site in naples, fl
may 15 travel back home
may 16 work from the home office
may 17-18 weekend; no plans may 19-20 undetermined
may 21 travel to tempe, az (staying @ undetermined)
may 22-23 work @ client site in tempe, az
may 24 travel back home
may 25 weekend; no plans
may 26-28 undetermined
may 29 travel to ams
may 30 arriving in ams (staying @ landgoed ginkelduin)
may 30 me to apply for a new passport
june 3 wedding day (staying @ de barones)
june 7 travel back home

there's still quite a lot "undetermined" in there, but don't panic, these slots will get filled with either client visits or training assignments. the good news is that i've managed to avoid the blackberry trap, and instead i will get a company paid razr v3, so i will be clipping two cell phones to my belt (to make me feel like a plugged-in tim taylor). but of course the most interesting part of my agenda are the list 5 listed items; as you will understand we all are looking forward to our dutch trip very much.

scheduling agenda 2008 v3 - updated
got home excited friday night, fully expecting the valentine's gift to be delivered by the man in brown (according to the ups tracker it was delivered at our front door around 3pm that day), but was disappointed to learn that that wasn't the case ... but on the upside, earlier this evening a neighbor from the next row of houses brought by the package that was delivered on her doorstep ... so, yay, the gift could be opened and enjoyed. for those of you who are interested (and i can't see any reason why you shouldn't be) follow this link to see the gift (be sure to click Book Preview).
at work things are already to heat up. i just barely have a week's worth of training and self-study under the belt and i am already called on to go to client sites, clients using modules i am not familiar with and clients who are hostile. so, i am carefully trying to fend off those clients i need to stay away from, at least until i get my feet wet, and opting to go to those clients who are at least in the general vicinity of my home. now that i have a home i really want to spend as much time as i can at home. luckily i have the cojones to say no :D
so without further ado:
february 16-18 weekend; relaxation; president's day holiday
february 18 travel to raleigh-durham, nc (staying @ courtyard durham)
february 19-22 training @ our durham office
february 22 travel back home (pepper's 10th birthday)
february 23 weekend; pepper's birthday party @ stars and strikes
february 24 weekend; relaxtion
february 25 trip to our wonderful friends at ssa for my long overdue ssn
february 25 travel to alexandria, va (staying @ embassy suites)
february 26-28 work @ client site in alexandria, va
february 28 travel back home
february 29-march 2 family visit in nc
march 3 work from the home office
march 4 travel to st. petersburg, fl (staying @ americas best inn)
march 5-6 working @ client site in st. petersburg, fl
march 6 travel back home
march 8-9 weekend
march 10 travel to houston, tx (staying @ inn at the ballpark
march 11-12 training in houston
march 12 change hotels in houston, tx (staying @ hilton americas-houston)
march 12-14 psg worldwide conference @ above hotel
march 15-16 weekend; family visit in tx
march 16 travel back home
march 17 travel to birmingham, al (staying @ undetermined)
march 18-19 work @ client site in birmingham, al
march 19 travel back home
march 20-21 working from the home office
march 22-23 weekend; no plans
march 24 travel to tempe, az (staying @ undetermined)
march 25-26 work @ client site in tempe
march 26 travel back home
march 27-28 work from the home office
march 29-30 weekend; no plans

for now this is all the upcoming "events" that i know of for the next 6 weeks. but i guess there isn't much room to cram in some more ... of course, the big thing is that the four of us are going to travel to europe to attend my sister's wedding, but the planning for that is still ongoing since there are other family members who will be traveling through europe around the same time:
may 29 travel to ams
may 30 arriving in ams (staying @ landgoed ginkelduin)
may 30 me to apply for a new passport
june 3 wedding day (staying @ de barones)
june 7 travel back home
i will leave you with this for now ... i'm gonna enjoy being a merkin on president's day.

scheduling agenda 2008 v2
after a few easy & relaxed weeks at home i will be starting my usual work routine this week. first i'll do 2 weeks of training and after that i am likely to be assigned my first domestic clients. something i am very curious about, because there is a world of difference between the way of working with clients in europe and the us. but with europe being much more complex i should not have any trouble adjusting, but i'll revisit that once i have had client experiences stateside.
february 10 weekend & travel to rdu (staying @ courtyard durham)
february 11-15 training @ our durham office
february 15 travel back home
february 16-18 weekend; relaxation; president's day holiday
february 18 travel to rdu (staying @ undetermined)
february 19-22 training @ our durham office
february 22 travel back home (pepper's 10th birthday)
february 23 weekend; pepper's birthday party @ stars and strikes
february 24 weekend; relaxtion
february 25-29 undetermined
march 1-2 family visit in nc
march 3-7 undetermined
march 8-9 weekend
march 10-11 undetermined
march 12 travel to hou (staying @ hilton americas-houston)
march 12-14 psg worldwide conference @ above hotel
march 15-16 weekend; family visit in tx
march 16 travel back home

for now this is all the upcoming "events" that i know of for the next 6 weeks. of course, the big thing is that the four of us are going to travel to europe to attend my sister's wedding, but the planning for that is still ongoing since there are other family members who will be traveling through europe around the same time:
may 29 travel to ams
may 30 arriving in ams (staying @ landgoed ginkelduin)
may 30 me to apply for a new passport
june 3 wedding day (staying @ de barones)
june 7 travel back home

everything else here is shaping up nicely, still waiting for some important paperwork to actually get two important things set up: a bank account (including credit card) and a car. other than that, have a good one :-)

scheduling agenda 2008 v1 (updated)
so, the hectic month of december came to an end and there are so many wonderful things to look back on for the entire year with the wedding and the honeymoon as highlights of course, but it's awesomer to know that 2008 will even be a much better year :-)
maybe, when transferring to the US operations i might even be able to slow down the pace of my work, but at least for the first 3 weeks of the new year i am still part of the international operation, hence my travel schedule:
january 2 travel to amsterdam
january 3 arrive in amsterdam, work @ the office (staying @ sister's house)
january 4 visa interview at the US consulate general (done & dusted)
january 5 visit my parents in rotterdam (staying @ parents' house)
january 6 return to stay @ sister's house
january 7-9 work from the office or my sister's house
january 9 travel to warsaw (staying @ the intercontinental)
january 10-11 working @ client site in warsaw january 12-13 weekend trapped in warsaw
january 14-17 working @ client site in warsaw
january 17 travel back to amsterdam (staying @ hilton airport hotel)
january 18 travel back home in business class
january 19-20 weekend - rest

but after all this there should be no more travel overseas, just domestic travel ... although i know my managers are trying to get me involved with a large client in halifax, newfoundland. i know it's not overseas, but it's a long ways away from atlanta and it's cold up there too, brrrrrr :D
anyways, see you in 2008, happy new year!

scheduling agenda 2007 v16
yes, an updated schedule, before i run out of time to actually update it :D ;-)
november 28 working from the home office
november 29-30 prepping for december 1
december 1 the date!!!
december 2 recovering from december 1
december 3 work from the home office and recover some more
december 4 travel to warsaw
december 5 arrive in warsaw (staying @ the intercontinental)
december 5-7 working @ client site in warsaw
december 7 travel to dusseldorf (staying @ unknown)
december 8 xmas dinner with the european team
december 9 travel back to warsaw (staying @ the intercontinental)
december 10-14 working @ client site in warsaw
december 15-16 weekend; relaxing in warsaw
december 17-18 working @ client site in warsaw
december 18 travel to amsterdam (staying @ undetermined)
december 19 travel back home
december 20 work from the home office
december 21 drive kids up to non-primary custodian visitation meeting point
december 22 start honeymoon (travel and stay @ unknown)
december 28 end honeymoon
december 29 pick up kids from non-primary custodian visitation meeting point
december 30 day off
december 31-january 1 new year's
january 2-4 work from the home office
january 5 weekend; no plans
january 6 travel to europe (stay @ undetermined)
january 7-17 working @ client site in warsaw and/or prague and/or frankfurt and/or brussels and/or london and/or amsterdam and/or paris
january 18 travel back home
january 19-20 weekend; no plans

it looks hectic and busy and crowded ... and i assure ... it is ... but i will survive ... and in addition, i think we will be fine :-)

scheduling agenda 2007 v15
just when you think it can't get any worse ... you're proven wrong ...
october 29 travel to warsaw (staying @ the westin)
october 29-november 1 working @ client site in warsaw
november 2 travel back to rotterdam
november 3 weekend; family day - percussion workshop!
november 4 weekend; no plans
november 5-6 undetermined; possible travel to warsaw (staying @ the westin)
november 7 undetermined
november 8 travel to london/milton keynes (staying @ best western moore place hotel)
november 8-9 international psg meeting
november 9 travel back to rotterdam
november 10-11 weekend; no plans
november 12 say goodbye to my colleagues in the amsterdam office
november 13 undetermined
november 14 move to atlanta (stay @ our house)
november 22 *gobble gobble gobble*
november 23 black friday shopping at midnight sharp
december 1 the date!!!
december 4 travel to europe (stay @ undetermined)
december 5-18 working @ client site in warsaw and/or prague and/or frankfurt and/or brussels and/or london
december 19 travel back home
december 22 start honeymoon
december 29 end honeymoon
december 31-january 1 new year's
january 6 travel to europe (stay @ undetermined)
january 7-17 working @ client site in warsaw and/or prague and/or frankfurt and/or brussels and/or london
january 18 travel back home ...

scheduling agenda 2007 v14
yeah, the schedule for most of time in europe is set now and yeah, it's gruesome ...
october 12 work from the home office
october 13 travel to atlanta (staying @ our house)
october 13-21 spend quality time
october 21 travel back to rotterdam
october 22 return to rotterdam & travel to warsaw (staying @ le royal méridien bristol)
october 23-25 working @ client site in warsaw
october 25 traveling to london through paris (staying @ thistle city barbican)
october 26 working @ client site in london
october 26 travel back to rotterdam
october 27-28 weekend; no plans
october 29 travel to warsaw (staying @ the westin)
october 29-november 1 working @ client site in warsaw
november 2 travel back to rotterdam
november 3 weekend; family day - percussion workshop!
november 4 weekend; no plans
november 5-6 undetermined; possible travel to warsaw (staying @ the intercontinental)
november 7 undetermined
november 8 travel to london/milton keynes (staying @ undetermined)
november 8-9 international psg meeting
november 9 travel back to rotterdam
november 10-11 weekend; no plans
november 12 say goodbye to my colleagues in the amsterdam office
november 13 undetermined
november 14 move to atlanta (stay @ our house)

... the silver lining you ask? well, it'll be november 14 before i know it!

scheduling agenda 2007 v13
things are still hectic, and although i hoped i would've been rotated off clients, they all struggled for my dedicated time, up until the very end. of course, since three of my clients more or less expect my full-time devotion coupled with the fact that i still didn't manage to clone myself, i have been assigned to just one client: the hardest one ... which will take me to warsaw probably every week i'm still in europe ... my dad will be happy, because i can supply him with enough bison piss wodka :D
september 22 weekend; spending time at my boss' house
september 23 weekend; see my best friend september
24-25 working in the amsterdam office
september 26 working from the home office & traveling to warsaw (staying @ the rialto)
september 27-28 working @ client site in warsaw
september 28 travelling back to rotterdam
september 29-30 weekend; no plans
october 1 work from the home office
october 2 traveling to warsaw (staying @ the intercontinental)
october 2-4 working @ client site in warsaw
october 4 traveling back to rotterdam
october 5 work from the home office
october 6-7 weekend; no plans
october 8 traveling to warsaw (staying @ the intercontinental)
october 8-10 working @ client site in warsaw
october 10 traveling back to rotterdam
october 11 performing training @ amsterdam office
october 12 work from the home office
october 13 travel to atlanta (staying @ our house)
october 13-21 spend quality time
october 21 travel back to rotterdam
october 22 return in rotterdam & working from the home office
october 23-25 undetermined; possible travel to warsaw
october 25/26 traveling to london (staying @ undetermined)
october 26 working @ client site in london
october 26 travel back to rotterdam
october 27-28 weekend; no plans
october 29-november 2 undeterminded; possible travel to warsaw
november 3 weekend; family day - looks like we're going to make bonbons *drools* - correction, it is going to be a percussion workshop!
november 4 weekend; no plans
november 5-7 undetermined; possible travel to warsaw
november 9 travel to london/milton keynes (staying @ undetermined)
november 9-10 international psg meeting
november 10 travel back to rotterdam
november 11-12 weekend
november 13 move to atlanta (stay @ our house)

in the meantime i have to arrange a new contract with my new boss in the usa (which i have chased him about, but he isn't the quickest to respond), need to arrange the move of my personal items (books, CDs, DVDs and personal paperwork), need to obtain my company sponsored l1-b visa (application filed 3.5 weeks ago; no news is good news), make arrangements to sub-lease my apartment and make sure i cancel all subscriptions i have that will do me no good in the usa (the only thing i want to keep is my sub to wallpaper*) ... so yeah, i'm quite busy :P

scheduling agenda 2007 v12 - updated
as expected, things are hectic, and it doesn't look like it's going to change before i leave for the usa. even though my clients are claiming 100% of my time, i have started to offload some of the work i do onto other implementers/project managers, because well, there's only 60-70 hours in a working week ... besides, i am leaving sooner then everybody thinks (time flies!) :-)
august 13-14 work @ the amsterdam office
august 15 "weekend" and a little work *sigh*
august 16 travel to warsaw (staying @ the intercontinental)
august 16-19 work @ client site in warsaw
august 20 travel back to rotterdam
august 21 work @ client site at schiphol
august 22 "weekend" and travel to warsaw (staying @ the intercontinental)
august 23-26 work @ client site in warsaw
august 26 travel back to rotterdam
august 27-28 work @ the amsterdam office
august 29 travel to and work @ client site in warsaw (staying @ the intercontinental)
august 29-31 work @ client site in warsaw
august 31 travel back to rotterdam
september 1 61st birthday party dad
september 2 birthday party best friend (40) and his daughter (1)
september 3-5 work from the home office
september 6 work @ the amsterdam office
september 7 work from the home office
september 8-9 weekend; no plans
september 10 travel to warsaw & work @ client site (staying @ the intercontinental)
september 11 work @ client site in warsaw & travel back to rotterdam
september 12 attend cremation of opa
september 13 travel to atlanta (staying @ our house)
september 13-18 spend quality time
september 18 travel back to rotterdam
september 19 work from the home office
september 20-21 undetermined
september 22 weekend; spending time at my boss' house
september 23 weekend; no plans
october 13 travel to atlanta (staying @ our house)
october 13-21 spend quality time
october 21 travel back to rotterdam
october 22-november 9 undetermined

hopefully when i get back from my first trip to atlanta, i will be pulled off of my clients and just busy myself with knowledge transfer ... one can always hope :P

scheduling agenda 2007 v11
as i mentioned in the previous agenda, things are getting really hectic in the last few months that i will be in europe. of course all my clients are claiming 100% of my time, which in a way makes me feel good, because it means they appreciate my work ... on the other hand, there's only 60-70 hours in a working week ...
july 21 travel to warsaw (staying @ the intercontinental)
july 22 explore warsaw
july 23-24 work @ client site in warsaw
july 24 travel back to rotterdam
july 25-27 work for client but from the home office
july 28-29 weekend; summer carnival
july 30-31 work @ the amsterdam office
august 1 travel to and work @ client site in warsaw (staying @ the intercontinental)
august 2 work @ client site in warsaw and travel back to rotterdam
august 3 work from home office
august 4-5 weekend; no plans
august 6-7 work @ the amsterdam office
august 7 travel to warsaw (staying @ the intercontinental)
august 8-10 work @ client site in warsaw
august 11 travel back to rotterdam, grandpa's 92nd birthday party & ffwd dance parade
august 12 weekend; no plans
august 13-17 undetermined
august 18-19 weekend; no plans
august 20-21 work @ the amsterdam office
august 21 travel to warsaw (staying @ the intercontinental)
august 22-24 work @ client site in warsaw
august 24 travel back to rotterdam
august 25-26 weekend; no plans
august 27-28 work @ the amsterdam office
august 29 travel to and work @ client site in warsaw (staying @ the intercontinental)
august 30-31 work @ client site in warsaw
august 31 travel back to rotterdam
september 1 birthday party best friend
september 2 travel to warsaw (staying @ the intercontinental)
september 3-7 work @ client site in warsaw
september 7 travel back to rotterdam
september 8-9 weekend; no plans
september 10-12 undetermined
september 13 travel to atlanta (staying @ our house)
september 14-18 spend quality time
september 18 travel back to rotterdam
september 19-21 undetermined

and in between i also need to take care of two clients in amsterdam and i will probably need to be in london once or twice for another client ... yes, i am the jet-setter :P

scheduling agenda 2007 v10
it's been pretty quiet and relaxed for the last two weeks, but as of this week my schedule will be busybusybusy as per usual :P ;-)
july 9 work @ the amsterdam office + travel to london (staying @ the savoy)
july 10-12 work @ client site in london
july 12 travel back to rotterdam
july 13-15 north sea jazz festival
july 16 rest from partying + travel to paris (staying @ the royal hotel)
july 17-20 work @ client site in paris
july 20 travel back to rotterdam july 21 travel to warsaw (staying @ the intercontinental)
july 22 explore warsaw
july 23-24 work @ client site in warsaw
july 24 travel back to rotterdam
july 25-27 work for client but from the home office
july 28-29 weekend; dead much?

seeing that i will probably move stateside at the end of october/begin of november and everything that needs to be arranged for that, my travel schedule will become less hectic in the months of august and september; besides, i need to be slowly rotated off my european clients, unless my employer decides that i must stay involved with my clients, even if i would be overseas ... but we'll cross that bridge when we get there *shrug*

scheduling agenda 2007 v9
gonna have to drop off the face of the earth for a little while, my fellow bloggers, but no worries, i will be back :-)
june 16-17 weekend; spend some time at my parents seeing it's daddy day
june 18 work @ the amsterdam office + travel to paris (staying @ novotel paris la défense)
june 19 work @ client site in paris
june 19 travel to london (staying @ the bonnington hotel)
june 20-21 work @ client site in london
june 21 travel to amsterdam (staying @ nh caransa)
june 22 work @ client site in amsterdam + travel back to rotterdam
june 23-24 weekend; *something special*
june 25-29 *doing something special*
june 26 sailing with squash partner and his wife
june 29 small party for friends & family
june 30 concert john legend in amsterdam
july 1-6 *doing something special*
july 3 dentist appointment, car check-up and lunch at the office in amsterdam
july 7-8 weekend; */something special*
july 9 work @ the amsterdam office + travel to london (staying @ the savoy)
july 10-12 work @ client site in london
july 12 travel back to rotterdam
july 13-15 north sea jazz festival
july 16 rest from partying + travel to paris (staying @ undetermined)
july 17-20 work @ client site in paris
july 17 travel back to rotterdam
july 18-19 weekend; no plans

after all this i might just have to go to that swiss clinick where keef richards goes to refresh his blood ... ;-)

scheduling agenda 2007 v8
fresh update peeps, straight from the filofax of your truly ... just sit back and wonder and spin spin spin :D
june 11 work @ client site at schiphol
june 12 work @ client site in amsterdam
june 13-14 work @ the amsterdam office (german system audit)
june 15 work @ the home office
june 16-17 weekend; spend some time at my parents seeing it's daddy day
june 18 work @ the amsterdam office + travel to paris (staying @ novotel paris la défense)
june 19 work @ client site in paris
june 19 travel to london (staying @ the bonnington hotel)
june 20-21 work @ client site in london
june 21 travel to amsterdam (staying @ nh caransa)
june 22 work @ client site in amsterdam
june 23-24 weekend; *something special*
june 25-29 *doing something special*
june 30 concert john legend in amsterdam
july 1-6 *doing something special*
july 7-8 weekend; */something special*
july 9 work @ the amsterdam office + travel to london (staying @ undetermined)
july 10-12 work @ client site in london
july 12 travel back to rotterdam
july 13-15 north sea jazz festival
july 16 rest from partying + travel to paris (staying @ undetermined)
july 17-20 work @ client site in paris
july 17 travel back to rotterdam
july 18-19 weekend; no plans

after all this i might call in dead ... ;-)

scheduling agenda 2007 v7 latest update (june 4, 6.30am)
on my travel and other stuff agenda:
june 4-5 work @ the amsterdam office (german system audit)
june 6 work @ the amsterdam office + travel to paris (staying @ mercure la défense esplanade)
june 7-8 work @ client site in paris
june 8 travel back to rotterdam
june 9-10 weekend; no plans yet
june 11 work @ the amsterdam office
june 12 work @ client site in amsterdam
june 13-14 work @ the amsterdam office (german system audit)
june 15 work @ the home office
june 16-17 weekend; standby for client database conversion; also spend some time at my parents seeing it's daddy day
june 17 travel to paris (staying @ the hotel royal)
june 18-19 work @ client site in paris
june 19 travel to london (staying @ the bonnington hotel)
june 20-21 work @ client site in london
june 21 travel back to rotterdam
june 22 work @ the home office
june 23-24 weekend; *something special*
june 25-29 *doing something special*
june 30 concert john legend in amsterdam
july 1-6 *doing something special*
july 7-8 weekend; */something special*
july 9 work @ the amsterdam office + travel to london
july 10-12 work @ client site in london
july 12 travel back to rotterdam
july 13-15 north sea jazz festival

more stuff is bound to be inserted in the coming few days, but it's june 24 through to july 7 that i look forward to; those days i will definitely take time out to rest and relax and do fun things.

scheduling agenda 2007 v6 - updated again
things are tightening up again at work, so without further ado, here's the schedule for the month of may and parts of june:
may 6 housewarming sister
may 7 work @ the amsterdam office
may 7 travel to london (staying at the durrants hotel)
may 8-9 work @ client site in london
may 9 travel back to rotterdam
may 10 work @ the home office
may 11 work @ client site at schiphol airport
may 12-13 weekend; no plans yet, but probably gonna spend sunday with my parents seeing it is momma's day
may 14 work @ client site at schiphol airport
may 14 travel to london (staying at the selfridge hotel)
may 15-16 work @ client site in london
may 16 travel back to rotterdam
may 17 public holiday may 18 work @ the home office (see Onie, this has changed)
may 19 go to combined birthday party of 3 family members in putten
may 20 go to birthday party of my best friend's wife in cuijk
may 21-24 work @ the amsterdam office
may 25 work @ the home office
may 26-27 weekend; no plans yet
may 28 public holiday
may 29-30 work @ the amsterdam office (client demo through webex)
may 31 detail demo @ client site at schiphol airport
june 1 work @ the amsterdam office (client demo through webex)
june 2-3 weekend; no plans yet
june 4 work @ client site at schiphol airport
june 5 work @ the amsterdam office (german system audit)
june 6 work @ the home office + travel to paris
june 7 work @ client site in paris + travel back to rotterdam
june 8 company outing: team building (*puke*)
june 9-10 weekend; no plans yet
june 11 work @ the amsterdam office
june 12 work @ client site in amsterdam
june 13-14 work @ the amsterdam office (german system audit)
june 15 work @ the home office
june 16-17 weekend; standby for client database conversion; also spend some time at my parents seeing it's daddy day
june 17 travel to paris
june 18-19 work @ client site in paris
june 19 travel back to rotterdam
june 20-22 nothing planned yet
june 23-24 weekend; *something special*
june 25-29 *doing something special*
june 30 concert john legend in amsterdam
july 1-6 *doing something special*
july 7-8 weekend; */something special*
july 9-12 nothing planned yet
july 13-15 north sea jazz festival

never a dull moment, my friends, never a dull moment. but i will promise to take my rest when on the road and in the weekends when i'm @ home.

scheduling agenda 2007 v5
my travel plans:


yup, you are seeing it right, you have not gone blind, it has happened, i have no trips planned ... yet ... shocking, isn't it? this means that this weekend i can finally relax, and i am so in need of a relaxed couple of days. of course, there is the necessary cleaning and ironing that i need to do, but that shouldn't take more than a few hours. other than that ... nothing on the agenda ... i feel uprooted and restless about it :P ;-)

scheduling agenda 2007 v4
it's getting hectic, it's getting wild:
feb 12-14 work @ the amsterdam office
feb 15-16 training client in the amsterdam office + postponed on-site from feb 2
feb 17 combined birthday party of aunt & uncle in amersfoort
feb 18 travelling to paris
feb 19 working @ client site in paris
feb 19 traveling to london
feb 20-21 training @ client site in london
feb 21 traveling back home to rotterdam
feb 22-23 european psg conference @ the amsterdam office (spending the night in amsterdam)
feb 25 traveling to munich
feb 26-mar 1 training workshop @ client site in munich
mar 2 traveling back home to rotterdam
mar 3 mom's 60th birthday party (mar 4 is the actual day)
mar 4 traveling to munich
mar 5-6 training @ client site in munich
mar 7 traveling back home to rotterdam
mar 8 travel stateside
mar 10 best friend's baby's christening
mar 12 travel back to amsterdam
mar 13 work @ the amsterdam office

nothing scheduled yet, for when i return from atlanta, but i am sure i need to be somewhere on-site that week as well, because 2 out of my 3 global clients are going live with our software during march-april. also, still working on an on-site date in lisbon (and the rest of the south of europe for that matter) in the next few weeks :D

scheduling agenda 2007 v3 updated - relief
things are being moved about so now my schedule looks as follows:
feb 1 work @ the amsterdam office
feb 2 work from home office
feb 4 traveling to frankfurt
feb 5 demo @ client site in frankfurt
feb 6 traveling back home to rotterdam
feb 7 work @ the amsterdam office
feb 8 work from home office & traveling to paris
feb 9 training @ client site in paris
feb 10 traveling back home to rotterdam
feb 12-14 work @ the amsterdam office
feb 15-16 training client in the amsterdam office + postponed on-site from feb 2
feb 18 traveling to paris
feb 19 working @ client site in paris
feb 19 traveling to london
feb 20-21 training @ client site in london
feb 21 traveling back home to rotterdam
feb 22-23 work @ the amsterdam office
feb 25 traveling to frankfurt
feb 26-mar 1 training workshop @ client site in frankfurt
mar 2 travelling back home to rotterdam
mar 3 mom's 60th birthday party (mar 4 is the actual day)
mar 4 traveling to munich
mar 5-6 training @ client site in munich
mar 7 traveling back home to rotterdam
mar 8 travel stateside
mar 10 best friend's baby's christening
mar 12 travel back to amsterdam
mar 13 work @ the amsterdam office

clients, what do you do *shrug* ;-)

scheduling agenda 2007 v3
dates are definitely firming up and the schedule is not looking pretty:
feb 2 training @ client site in amsterdam
feb 4 travelling to frankfurt
feb 5 demo @ client site in frankfurt
feb 6 traveling to london
feb 7-8 training @ site in london
feb 8 traveling to paris
feb 9 training @ client site in paris
feb 10 traveling back home to rotterdam
feb 11 traveling to london
feb 12-13 working @ client site in london (tentative)
feb 13 traveling back home to rotterdam
feb 14-17 training client in the amsterdam office (2 days max)
feb 18 traveling to paris
feb 19 working @ client site in paris
feb 19 traveling to munich
feb 20-21 training @ client site in munich
feb 22 travelling back home to rotterdam
feb 23 working @ the home office
feb 25 traveling to frankfurt
feb 26-mar 1 training workshop @ client site in frankfurt
mar 2 traveling back home to rotterdam
mar 3 mom's 60th birthday party (mar 4 is the actual day)
mar 8 travel stateside
mar 10 best friend's baby's christening
mar 12 travel back to amsterdam
mar 13 work @ the amsterdam office

yeah ... but i'll be fine, i promise ... i've got something wonderful to look forward to, something that energizes and invigorates me like nothing before.

scheduling agenda 2007 v2
things are heating up, juggling three rather large, global clients and travel is imminent. so far:
jan 20 birthday party sister's blue boyfriend in close to amsterdam (jan 18 is the actual day)
jan 21 traveling to london (this time staying at the kingsway hall hotel)
jan 22-24 working @ client site in london
jan 22 seeing/hearing incognito at the jazz cafe
jan 24 traveling back home to rotterdam
jan 25 possibly travelling to munich - scrapped
jan 25-26 possibly working @ client site in munich - scrapped
jan 26 possibly travelling back home to rotterdam - scrapped
feb 2 working @ client site in amsterdam
feb 4 traveling to frankfurt
feb 5 demo @ client site in frankfurt
feb 6 traveling to amsterdam & do some work in the office
feb 8 traveling to paris
feb 9 working @ client site in paris
feb 10 or 11 traveling back home to rotterdam
feb 18 traveling to paris
feb 19 working @ client site in paris
feb 20 traveling back home to rotterdam
feb 24 or 25 traveling to frankfurt
feb 26-mar 1 training workshop @ client site in frankfurt
mar 2 travelling back home to rotterdam
mar 3 mom's 60th birthday party (mar 4 is the actual day)

*sigh* and i know the available days probably will be filled as well. hopefully, there will be client on-sites in lisbon, barcelona, madrid, milan and rome instead of warsaw and moscow. client visits in london and munich are a given. so yeah ... it'll be, let's say, interesting ... to say the least.

scheduling agenda 2007 v1
even while i know january and february are going to be crazy busy, not much travel dates have been fixed yet. so far:
jan 7 go to masters of sprint [link] with dad
jan 8 red-eye flight to london (back in one aldwych again)
jan 8-10 working @ client site in london
jan 10 traveling back home to rotterdam
jan 11-12 do client training in office amsterdam

one client goes live across europe in the last week of january and the first week of february, so i foresee spending lots of time in london and munich before, during and after go live. another client needs to go live across europe by the end of march and we've already established a 4-day workshop in frankfurt from feb 26 to mar 1. for this client i will probably spend a lot of time in frankfurt and munich and possibly other locations like paris, luxemburg and who knows walnut creek. and i am responsible for another client that needs to upgrade in france and holland and want to roll out to countries in central europe.
like i said, busy times ahead ...

scheduling agenda v2
updated agenda after my 16 day trip to the US, returning on dec 3
dec 4 working in amsterdam and traveling to munich
dec 5 - 6 working @ client site in munich
dec 7 traveling back home to rotterdam
dec 8 working in amsterdam
dec 9 xmas dinner in the hague
dec 10 traveling to munich
dec 11-13 working @ client site in munich
dec 13 traveling to london
dec 14-15 working @ client site in london
dec 16 traveling back home to rotterdam
dec 16-17 exhausted? spent? dead? ;-)

scheduling agenda
it is and will be busy and hectic times for me:
nov 14-15 working @ client site in london
nov 16 working @ home
nov 17 working in amsterdam
nov 18 traveling to atlanta
nov 18 - 24 vacationing in atlanta
nov 23 *gobble gobble*
nov 24 frantic shopping (shirts, shoes, coat, camera)
nov 25 traveling to los angeles & santa barbara
nov 26 wine tour in santa barbara county
nov 27- dec 1 working in santa barbara
dec 2 - 3 traveling back home to rotterdam
dec 4 working in amsterdam and traveling to munich
dec 5 - 6 working @ client site in munich
dec 7 traveling back home to rotterdam
dec 8 working in amsterdam
dec 9 xmas dinner in the hague
dec 10 exhausted? spent? dead? ;-)

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