Miami, FL: March 25-26th

Wednesday, March 25th:

• Got up and headed to the airport for a 10 AM flight.
• Arrived in Miami around 2, got to the hotel and checked in.
• Hotel wasn't that great, but it was ok for a night.
• Weather was wonderful so we met up with one of our vendors and headed to lunch.
• After lunch we headed to a mall, I needed to get a new suit since we thought the CEO of our client was going to be there, which we didn't know.
• Got back from the mall and went walking/running. Did a 6 min 1/2 mile.
• Headed to bed after that.

Thursday, March 26th:

• Got up early because we had to be on site at 8 AM.
• On site at this really nice hospital. Seems like they are going to be a good site in this study.
• We were on site all day until 3 PM. After that, we left and went to the airport.
• Boarded the plane and say on the runway for an hour.
• Finally got home at 11, took a cab home, and crawled into bed exhausted.

Detroit, MI: Mar 8-9th, 2009

Sunday, March 8:

• Flight to Detroit at 5:50, got to the airport and flew threw security....then realized I left my cell phone in the car.
• I panicked - a day without my cell cannot happen so I found a payphone and called my mom to bring it back down to me.
• Got on the flight, took off and then once we got to Detroit, we circled for 1.5 hours. I wanted to blow my brains out.
• Finally landed and then headed to the hotel - Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance. Once we got to the hotel, we checked in and headed right to the bar for a drink and some food.

Monday, March 9:

• Got up early, meeting at 8 AM.
• Worked until 4 - headed to the airport, got on an earlier flight and got home 3 hours early.

Las Vegas, NV:Feb 26th-Mar 2nd

Thursday, February 26th:

• 7:50 AM flight from Philly to Vegas, meant getting up at 4 am, getting dressed and to the airport by 6.


• Excitement woke me up and I couldn't wait to get there. We got picked up by Cush and her dad and sister.


• Got to the airport and met up with everyone...all 10 of us! Wooot wooooot!


• Got checked in, through security and to the gate.


• On the plane and was asleep before we even took off!


• Got to Vegas at 11 AM, got our luggage and headed off to the hotel!


• Checked into New York, New York, upgraded the room to a strip view (wooohoooo) and then headed to lunch at America.


• We got done and then wandered around and headed out to the strip.


• Walking down the strip, we went to the Glacier Bar for yards of yummy drinks! So delicious!


• We headed back to the hotel around 5 and all decided to take a nap...that nap turned into 11:30 for all of us.


• We got up and got ready to go out. We headed into Nine Irishmen and it wasn't that good, so we went to the Bar at Times Square. Had a good time there - couple of drinks, random convo with a cute stranger (who came back around 3 times), had them play we are the champions for the Phillies.


• After we got tired of there, we headed over to Studio 54. BEST CALL!!! $10 cover, great music, cute boys, and lots of dancing. Met an Irish boy named Jerry (all we could think of was P.S. I love you) and a scottish guy who was a british fighter pilot (and I'm a heart surgeon there for a conference with my friend "Brianna"). Good convos and lots of drinks :)


• Left there at 4 AM and headed to bed.

Friday, February 27th:

• 5 people pounding on my door at 8AM. Lovely.


• We got up, got dressed and headed to MGM for their buffet for breakfast. After we stuffed ourselves, we headed back onto the strip.


• We went to Mile Mall (or something like that) and hit up Fat Tuesday's for yard margaritas :) Mmmmmm.


• We kept walking down the strip and headed into a shady casino. I saw the Wheel of Fortune machine and sat down. It ate my $20 but I wasn't done, so we kept walking around.


• Steph, Tom and I found another row of Wheel of Fortune and I put a $20 in for Steph to play. Well we kept hitting and getting spins, so we cashed out when we doubled the money and she put a $20 in for me to play...well I kept hitting and getting spins, so I cashed out when we were up $50. Well that wasn't good enough either. Cashed out and put another $20 in and hit for $180 - meanwhile Steph and Tom we're playing the machines around us and they kept hitting too.


• When we left, Steph and I made back then money we spent drinking, eating and paying covers :) I was a happy girl. (Oh and free beers while you are gambling is great!)


• We left there and started heading back to the hotel...we got distracted by the HUGE like 5 yard drinks. $35 so we got one. Filled with Long Island Iced Tea and the 3 of us decided to split it.


• On the way back Steph wanted a corn dog, so we went into another shady casino. They had beer pong!


• (Side bar - by this time, we were all feeling prettttty tipsy.)


• So we got a beer pong table and Steph and Amy versus Tom and I. We were swasted. As Tom was shooting, I was holding the big boy drink he had strapped around him and sipping it. Ahhhh delicious.


• We got coupons for B1G1 at Hawaiian Tropic, so Tom and I decided to convince them to go in for drinks. I was sooooo wasted at this point. And apparently my thumbs got drunk and kept texting the boy :)


• We did the drunken stumble back to the hotel at that point where I fell asleep for about an hour...only to be woken up by a drunk Tom. We decided to wander down the halls of the hotel (in our PJs - which were Tshirt and panties/boxers), drinking a bottle of Sambucca. (ICK, but apparently every even door we did a shot)...


• Hung out in the other hotel room with everyone and then decided it was naptime.


• I woke up to a missed call and text from the boy and some of the girls. Good thing is I didn't have time to be hung over because I woke up and started drinking again :)


• I got up and got a shower so we could head out for the night. Found a bunch of random bruises all over my body and tried not to slip and kill myself in the shower. I got done getting ready and called the boy back. He was like "you texted me like 239453 times - how drunk are you???" So we talked for a little while, laughed at how drunk I was and then I got up and got ready.


• We headed to Coyote Ugly...it's ok and a must-do, but its a bit of sucky music. We danced on the bar and then decided we had enough. We headed back over to Studio 54, since we had such a good time there the night before. When some people found out the cover charge, they didn't want to pay, so Barb, Steph, Tom and I stayed and went.


• We partied like rock stars again! It was so much fun - good music, good dancing (ran into the same Irish boy who didn't really remember me, but remembered "my accent"...) Found $20 on the floor :) Danced with a cute boy and left there at 5 AM again.


• Headed to the restaurant in the hotel for some drunken munchies and more drinks and then headed to bed at 6AM.

Saturday, February 28th:

• Happy Birthday Stephie!!!!!!


• We got up around 9 AM and headed out again. Since most of us were hurting, we decided to just hang close to the hotel. We wandered around and headed to Hooters for free $100 play at the machines.


• We headed back to the hotel around 2 to get ready for dinner.


• We ordered a limo to take us to dinner. We all got pretty and met for a drink before we left :) The limo bus came and was awesome - it had a stripper pole and Kramer (the driver) played us kick ass music. For $10/person - it was well worth it.


• We had a classy dinner at Maggiano's that was sooooooooo yummy.


• On the ride home, Kramer sent his friend to pick us up...in a STRETCH EXCURSION!!! OMG - it was amazing, it was lifted and tricked out!! Josh played us awesome music and the inside was so pimped out!!!


• We got back to the hotel and decided to get tickets to go see Zumanity and take a quick nap. On the walk back, we got on the guest list at Rok and decided to go there that ngiht.


• We got to the show at 10:30 and it was amazing. I've always wanted to see a Circ show and this was not a disappointment at all!


• The show ended at 12 and we headed to Rok. Rok was pretty awesome - banging dancers (seriously if I was gay this girl was SMOKIN), and danced/drank a little.


• My feet were seriously killing me at this point so I went up to the room to change my shoes...only to find out that my feet were so swollen none of my shoes fit me. I felt so effing hot (pictures to follow), but my feet were not having any more, so I decided to hang in and get some rest since we had to get up early.

Sunday, March 1st:

• Got up at 8:30 since we had to leave the hotel by 11 and everyone wanted breakfast.


• As we were packing, we found out that our flight was cancelled and to head to the airport to get on another flight.


• We checked out and got to the airport. We realized that we weren't getting out at all due to mechanical troubles. Soooooooo we all got our wish to spend another night in Vegas. Good times.


• We headed to our hotel (Ummm NYNY to Emerald Suites - such a reality check) and went to the nearest casino to hang out.


• We hung out and did much of nothing the rest of the day...wasn't a bad hotel room, just a shady neighborhood on the wrong side of the strip...


• We all went to bed early to get up early.

Monday, March 2nd:

• Flight from Vegas to LA, then LA to Philly.


• Nothing eventful, just tired and didn't get home until around 2 AM.

Pictures to follow...just waiting for everyone to upload them for me!

Rochester, Minn:Feb 11th-Feb 13th

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009:

• I'm excited - I get to finally travel with my favorite co-worker!
• We left for our first flight to Minneapolis at 11:30 am - not a bad flight - got there and had to pretty much run from terminal to terminal because our connection was so quick.
• Took our next 25 minute flight into Rochester. Man I forgot how small that airport really is...6 gates and puddle jumper planes
• Got to the hotel and found out that they didn't have 2 rooms next to each other, so we wound up getting a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom suite together, so we shared a living room/kitchen.
• Arrived really early so we headed to the mall because we wanted to get out and stretch our legs and just do something. Mall wasn't that great - did get a few tops and a pair of pants - but that was about it.
• Came back, got changed and met up with one of our vendors for dinner then had a quick meeting with our client.

Thursday, February 12th, 2009:

• Got up and got ready - it was awesome having the "common" space together because we could talk and get ready, etc.
• Met with our client around 8:30 then headed to the Mayo Clinic. This place is like the Disneyland of healthcare. Its amazing - they have an underground walkway system - a ton of buildings - everything is connected.
• Get to our meeting room, I was the first presenter - I gave my presentation and everyone really liked it. Everything went really well :)
• That night we were meeting everyone for dinner so we got together around 5 and had a great dinner.
• I found out during dinner that my sister went to the emergency room because of her stomach, so I was a little distracted. We finally heard from her that she was ok, wasn't her gallbladder and that she was going home.
• Got back to the room and I was going to the gym, but we decided to rent a movie - Four Christmases - and it was so funny! After that we decided to get some sleep early since we had to be on site at 8.
• Tried to get some sleep - talked to the boy, and then finally fell alseep.

Friday, February 13th, 2009:

• Got up way too early. Had an excited text message about the Wings :)
• Had to get ready for our meeting, pack up and check out.
• Met on site again - had a good meeting but we had to leave a little bit early because our flight was at 11:15. Thank God for only being 15 minutes from the airport.
• Checked in, grabbed some lunch, and boarded the plane. This one was even smaller and had us a bit scared. Especially since we heard about a plane crashing that morning.
• First flight was fine - arrived and boarded our 2nd flight, and were on our way home!

Overall it was a successful meeting, but thank God we got out of there - it was too cold and too boring!

Prague, Czech Republic: Jan 25th-Jan 29th, 2009

Sunday, January 25th:

• Left Philly for a flight to Paris at 6:55. All went ok, except my dumb phone is acting up and randomly shutting off.


• Reminder to give my dad a big fat kiss for my noise-cancelling headphones. Those things are a dream.

Monday, January 26th:

• Flight from Paris to Prague was short, but I wouldn't know, I slept the whole time.


• Landed in Prague and got to the hotel. Awesome place and my room is a suite, so I have 1 1/2 baths, a bedroom, living room, office. http://www.icprague.com/


• Went and hit up the awesome gym that they have here. Only did 20 minutes on the treadmill before I had to go check out our meeting rooms.


• Grabbed the boys and we went wandering around the city...almost went into Louie and bought myself a gift, but reminded myself that I have some purse presents coming.


• Had dinner at this awesome place - traditional Czech food. http://www.kolkovna.cz/index.php?language=en&show=hot&place=11
  
• Now I'm sitting here trying to pry my eyes open for at least another hour so that I don't wake up at 4 AM.

Tuesday, January 27th:

• Had an 8 am breakfast meeting with our client. First words spoken we "Hi, we're very frustrated with this study and if it were up to me, I'd fire all of you.". We did however have a productive meeting and got a lot of things out on the table.
• We then had another lunch meeting followed by a training session. My teams presentations went very well and we turned a corner with our client.
• Prior to dinner that night, we met with one of our vendors and basically told them that they needed to get their acts together.
• Dinner meeting with 100 doctors. Fun times!
• Had to leave dinner early with another co-worker for another conference call. Its 9PM there, and we're exhausted. We had little to no sleep, plus running around all day long.
• After that call was over, it was back up to the dinner to meet with our client again. She smiled and told us that she was encouraged that we're gonna get this done.
• Came back to a phone full of adorable texts from the boy. :)

Wednesday, January 28th:

• Meeting started at 7 AM for breakfast.
• After breakfast the presentations began. My team again did awesome!!!
• Lonnnnnnnnng day. My presentation wasn't until after lunch so I prepared all the stuff I needed and then got ready.
• My presentations kicked ass! We had awesome evaluation forms and it was proven that our team really represented and prepared ourselves well.
• After the meeting was over, we popped a bottle (or 2!) of champagne and headed to dinner.
• Went to a Belguim restaurant (http://www.lesmoules.cz/en/menu). Had a great bottle of wine and lots of yummy mussels!
• Went back to the hotel and hung out at the bar in the lobby. Drank a whole bunch of other drinks. Around 2 I decided to put myself to bed before things went downhill.
• Back in my room, more adorable texts :) I got a phone call from said adorable boy...where we talked about everything and anything. I'm very excited about this (which really doesn't belong here in the travel - but he's one thing that kept a smile on my face last week)!

Thursday, January 29th:

• Travel day. Note to self, never fly Czech Air. Ever.
• Layovers in JFK to Philly - not even worth it.

There are pictures somewhere, but I think they are on my co-workers camera that we'll need to find and post once I get!

Dallas, TX: December 16-17th, 2008

Tuesday, December 16th:

• Had a mid-afternoon flight from Philly to Dallas.
• Traveled with one of my new hires. We did a lot of talking and learned a lot about each other.
• Met up with our client for dinner at Keg Steakhouse. Ummm that was tough - I know it's Texas and everything, but I am sooooo not a fan of steak at all.
• Got a yummy chicken dish and had a glass of white wine - really built a relationship with my client which was the goal.
• Left dinner and headed back to the hotel to crash.

Wednesday, December 17th:

• Woke up at 5 AM thinking it was 6. Did some online shopping for last minute christmas gifts.
• Had to be on site at 7:30 for breakfast. Ugh that was damn early.
• Had a very productive meeting. Should this drug be approved, it could effect lots of potential areas (its for diabetes and chronic kidney disease currently).
• Had a 4 PM flight back. Got to the airport and it was delayed, rebooked on the 8PM flight. Tried to get on the 3, then they moved both flights up and we got on and got home about an hour earlier than originally scheduled. Still not sure how that happened.
• Came home and crashed...

Hershey, PA: October 26, 2008

The family came in from Florida on Saturday morning and my "aunt" has been waiting 10 years to go to Hershey, being the chocoholic that she is. We got up and left around 10:30:

• Arrived in Hershey and waited for an hour for the rest of the fam.
• Went through the chocolate factory to see how the candy is made - they've done a lot with the area and its really cute.
• Left there and went into the park. Lots of cute rides, lots of walking, rollercoasters, and QT with the family.
• Nicholas is so adorable because he is starting to talk and wants to get into everything. He's such a doll and so much fun to be around!
• We left the park after riding on the Kissing Tower around 7ish.
• Stopped at Houlihans for dinner. Dinner was very tasty (Grilled Shrimp with greens, tomatos and beans), however the service sucked.
• Left there and listened to the Phillies on the ride home. Soooo freakin awesome that they won!