Sitting in a Plano hotel room - Week 2

here it is week 2 in plano, and this week's trip has been a little chaotic, to say the least. i'd love to put together a nice story, but it's either a list of incidents or nothing. so here goes :)

• planes, traines and automobiles: never, ever, EVER use Hertz's f-ing NeverLost gps system. basically it should be called the Always Lost. last night i tried using it and it took me the opposite direction i needed to go. then it directed me to exit 448A/McKinney & Grapevine. first of all, there's not only no 448A exit, there's no f-ing Grapevine road either! i'd ask pardon for all the f-ings, but considering i dropped the f-bomb twice while freaking out on the phone to the parents, i just don't think it's necessary.
• i'd also like to mention that the roads on the, wait for it...president george bush turnpike...are raised, as in very high off the ground. it's like riding a roller coaster. i don't normally don't have a fear of heights, but this was so bad it gave me vertigo. i didn't think it was possible to get car sick while doing the actual driving of a car - last night i found out otherwise. guess i should've known nothing good could come from the president george bush turnpike.
• the hotel this week is called the NYLO. it's fabulous - i must give a shout-out. it's modern, and cool, and i've been upgraded to the "pure loft" which means the whole room is hypo-allergenic. it's literally the cleanest hotel room i've ever stayed in. for the first time in years of travel, i actually sat on TOP of the bedspread.
• 'course after enjoying my clean room, i accidentally set my alarm for 630 p.m.
• then the pair of pants i brought to wear today didn't work because they don't fit. would've been nice if i'd remembered that before i packed.
• it was supposed to be around 68 degrees today. when i left the hotel i thought it was overkill to grab my new pink shiny vest. turns out as i strolled out in a sleeveless vest, short-sleeve sweater and open-toe shoes i realized it was actually 45 degrees.
• as i was running errands before the airport yesterday, my tire pressure light came on. had to meet Dad at the gas station in the freezing rain. this morning on my way to work, the same light came on in the rental car. let me also note that this light caused me issues last year in cincinnati. some people of blood pressure issues, i have tire pressure issues.
• went to work. managed to spill multiple parts of my breakfast on myself. have also mysteriously lost my work notebook. boss called as i was at the car rental place (after trying for 30 min to find it) and it wasn't possible to sound more flustered. i'm sure that was very reassuring to a man who just got a new team, with no experience, and is on vacation. 'course this is also after being 10 min late last week on our first morning b/c the clock in the hotel room was set 10 min fast, but i was going by my cell.
• speaking of, the clock here in the hotel is also set fast. so far what i've learned of plano is this: don't drive on the GB turnpike w/o an airsick bag, do NOT drink the water...or smell it, and all the clocks are set faster than the rest of the country and even the tv stations.

And that my friends is the end of day one, week 2 in plano.