Trip Tomorrow

I have to fly to LA tomorrow. Just for the day. Get on a plane at 6:30am and come back by 6pm. I have to go to the DAC conference. DAC is the Design Automation Conference - that is currently what I do for a living and this is the biggest conference of the year. Usually I have to go for an entire week. Last year I got a terrible urinary tract infection and had to fly home early (well 4 hours early - but still early.) At this conference there are thousands (ok hundreds) of used car salesmen vendors that are all trying to sell you on their product. I'm a "buyer" so I'm looking at their products.

When I first went to my first DAC, I was so excited. I felt like "I HAD ARRIVED!" But, now, the novelty has worn off and I just dread it. It almost got cancelled this year because of cost cutting measures (which sort of sucks, because it's actually a really important part of my job - knowing what is currently in the industry and all.) But, I was able to convince those in power (clearly not me anymore) that I should at least go for the free day and that the plane trip wouldn't cost more than a few hundred dollars.

So, I fly to LA tomorrow. And I return tomorrow night. I look forward to the plane ride so I can read my book and maybe watch an episode of Weeds on my iPhone (damn I love that show.)

I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow.