Things that happen when you travel too much

Since by the end of March I will have had about 21 nights logged in on the road. Thankfully the last five of these will be when I'm skiing with my family. But funny things happen when you travel this much. To whit:

• I always forget what floor my hotel is on.
• I forget what color my rental car is.
• You learn which hotels you can 'trust' with wake up calls.
• It's better to sleep in a room where the curtains can be open so you don't wake up in a sensory deprivation chamber.
• Embassy Suites is not the 'best' hotel but it's the most predictable in terms of quality and consistency of experience.
• You don't really need a gym to get a decent workout when you're on the road, a book of core body exercises and a jump rope will keep you out of trouble (now I have completely no excuse for being the out of shape being that I am).
• If someone gives you silly putty and you play with it all day you'll get a blister on your thumb.
• A Whole Foods is a great substitute for a restuarant for dinner.
• If you don't have a fork to eat a salad in your room ice tongs will work in a pinch.
• You can use hair conditioner as a shaving aid if you run out of shaving cream.
• If you've got a smart phone you can use live local on your computer to beam driving directions to your phone that you forgot to print out. If you get to a site early you can then use it to find the nearest Starbucks.

Comments

[Ian Muir]

It's funny because I've experience most of these in previous jobs. (BTW Ice Tongs are also good emergency chopsticks).

The funny thing is that I have no travel at my current job and I actually miss it a lot.

[Ryan Coleman]

"You learn which hotels you can 'trust' with wake up calls."

Had one trip where all along I had been using the automated wake up calls. At the end I ended up at a hotel that actually used a human to do the wake up calls.

Not really thinking I got up early that morning and wasn't around when they called. After three calls they apparently sent someone to make sure I hadn't died in my sleep or something :/