As much fun as business travel can be, the glamor, the hotels, the jet-setting and company-paid meals and trips, I forgot how lonely it can really be when it's just you. 

I just got into the gym after a hiatus of being out of the country and then a short vacation back East.  I'm all set to lift and pump some iron, turn on my iPod, and then "Take My Breath Away" comes on.  Shit.  I forgot to switch up music.  So ended up working out to some "Lady in Red", old school Timmy T, and Christopher Cross amongst other things....not a good workout at all though I do feel all warm and fuzzy inside. 

I read a study on MSNBC about the number of men who don't wash their hands after using the bathroom on the rise.  1 in 3 men don't wash their hands after the bathroom now.  I'm not neat-freak but seriously, there are some things that are just plain common sense hygiene.  I've seen some people at work take a shit and then leave.  I make sure I wash my hands and use a napkin to open that bathroom door.  I hesitate to shake a lot of people's hands cause I just wonder where they've been.  I keep a bottle of Purrell hand sanitizer at my desk at all times.  People might think I'm crazy, but I don't want no dingleberries on my hands.  Honestly, how many of you actually wash their hands after going to the bathroom all the time?

Watching the Eagles game tonight.....GO EAGLES!

There's something to be said about a company that has a celebration of champagne, mimosas and some good cheese at 11am on a Friday.  Having myself a few glasses and feeling pretty good right about now after being at work till 5am.  Gotta love this place...work hard, play harder!

Time really flies.  It's already September and 2007 is almost come and gone in the blink of an eye.  Can you believe it's the 6th anniversary of 9/11?  6 years....Everyone remembers that day, where they were, what they were doing.  Everyone was somehow affected by it one way or another.  The Pentagon was across the street from where I lived in Northern VA.  It's scary to think of how close it was.

I had friends that had drinks the night before 9/11 up on Wonders of the World bar...what if?

I was there just a couple weeks before 9/11 standing right in front of  WTC...what if?

I had interviews with some companies in those buildings just days/weeks after 9/11...what if?

It's scary to think about, but I know people that lost their lives in that event.  I have friends that lost loved ones that day.  It's times like that that really make you reflect on life and what it means.  I know some people think it's too serious or don't have a care in the world to really understand the value of life.  They don't know what it means to seize the moment each day.  Some people take life for granted.  I will not be one of those.

I forgot what it's like to be back home visiting my parents' place for long extended periods of time....very annoyed today.

I don't know how people do it living with the 'rents...they're driving me crazy!!

Really dreading going back to work next week but at least I'll be back at my own home in So Cal.