Tomorrow marks a milestone for me at P&G: it will be the first time I travel outside of Ohio with the company.  It’s not anywhere too exotic, not like England, Brazil or China (all places other new hires I know have recently traveled), but hopefully it’s the first of many business trips to various locales.  But it is within US, up to the Windy City!

As many of you know, I’ve been wanting to go to Chicago for awhile now, so imagine my delight when I heard I would be going up there for business both in March and April.  What everyone failed to mention to me was that while they said “Chicago,” they really meant an hour south of the city.  Add in the fact that I won’t have a car while up there, our days will most likely go until at least 6pm, and that there is no L train where I’ll be, and you can understand why I was also disappointed.

How are you gonna say “We’re going to Chicago,” when I’m not even going to be able to see the city skyline?  It’s like people from Dayton who “rep” Cincinnati.  You’re not from Cincinnati, you have your own city, be proud of that.  Ok, if I were from Dayton I would probably say I’m from Cincinnati too, but at least distinguish for people that you’re an hour away from the actual city.  Hell, even if they’d told me the Greater Chicago area I would’ve understood that I wasn’t going to actually be in the city.

Now I bring that up not just to rant about not being able to see Second City, but because I’m not sure if I will have Internet access while I’m up there in my hotel.  If I do, then you’ll continue to see posts from me.  If I don’t, then I will just do my blog in Word, and then post it as soon as I return on Thursday evening.  (Note that missing a post while up there will not violate my challenge, as noted in the rules).

But of course it is now time to pack, as I haven’t even started yet, and we’re leaving at 7am tomorrow morning.  Hopefully I’ll be able to catch you from the “Slighty Drafty City that’s an hour away from the Windy City.”