After waiting at the airport for 7-1/2 hours in toronto thanks to connector flight delays to Denver, mechanical problems getting my luggage off the plane I was suppose to take, checking out of customs, then checking back in again on my newly booked direct flight, I finally make it to san francisco..wohoo! ... after getting my luggage, picking up car rental, driving out to downtown SF (thank goodness for GPS...although it did get me lost for bit)...i finally check in to the hotel at 10:00pm (local time - PST). Stomachs growling...no meal on flight...so I get room service...wings and clam chowder..it's alright...lots of wings..I counted 12...imagine eating that at about 11pm at night! finally get to sleep at about 1am.
Skip to Monday...get on conference call at 7:30-8:30am...gotta rush to get to the class by 9am...crap..how do i get to parking garage again...7th floor..great gotta go back up...finally find the car and off i go...of course...GPS can't get signal as i'm leaving the hotel..so i'm driving around for a bit til i get a signal...get lost for a bit..and finally make it to the freeway..wohoo..i'm on my way...thank goodness i'm moving in the opposite direction of traffic so i make it there just on time..9am! Running into the classroom...guy at the check-in desk yells out "hold on there lucy!"..huh how did he know my name?? He shows me around the facility first to get acquainted with cafeteria, washrooms, classroom, etc...i walk into the classroom and realize how he knew my name...i was the ONLY girl in the class! :) so it was obvious from the name tags I was Lucy =) ...small class..9 pple..3 from my IBM team...lecture lecture lecture...blah blah blah...
Skip to monday evening...class finishes at approx 4:30pm...it's kinda raining out..sucks...get back to hotel to change...go to Costco..they didn't have the SD800 camera i wanted to buy..it's only available online says the salesguy..and they had only one floor model of the SD900..sucks!!
So boo..no camera...i'm gonna check best buy tomorrow. Drive around to go to Westgate(?) mall downtown..realize i gotta pay for parking cuz it's downtown..so forget it..i'll leave my car back at the hotel and walk to the mall (5-10 minute walk)...since i'm already paying $40/day for parking at the hotel. The mall is huge!..i counted at least 5 floors...but it's like a big tower..spiral escalators that keep going up...couldn't find anything..no sales..sucks. walk back to hotel..it's dark out by now..about 9pm...walk walk walk...crap...where's the hotel...i'm walking up this hill..San francisco is on a mountain practically..crazy hills everywhere..we're talking 75 degree angle hills..my car rolls back even when i'm driving auto!! ..now i'm walking UP this hill...reach the top..hmmmm...i don't see hotel..i'll ask the bell boy from the another hotel...he tells me i gotta walk DOWN the hill 6 blocks...crap..i walked too far..finally make it back to hotel and i'm sweating now...not b/c it's hot out..it's not...about 11 degrees...but cuz of walking up and down that crazy hill! Good thing i brought my runners!
So..now i'm back..just got some thai take-out at the restaurant across from the hotel...and writing this loonnggg blog..hope you had fun reading it..."Lucy in SanFran"...the journey continues...i realize..this is my first time travelling alone =) It's fun..i can be adventurous...Just spoke to my uncle on the phone...he was wondering if i can extend my stay..he's going to Vegas monday-thursday next week..booo...if only he told me earlier!! ...
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