Conflict Travel

Doing travel conflicts are always fun when the fire alarm goes off at 6:15am at your hotel.

Epic 33.5 hours of travel...not even for work

5:58am - Got into my car and Kenny Chesney's "Boys of Fall" This is a good omen.


6:20am - On the road, Virginia bound.

7:25am - Of course we hit traffic at the George Washington Bridge.

9:04am - First stop of the trip: Walt Whitman Service Area...third state of the trip.

9:35am - Now in Delaware....state number four!

9:50am - Welcome to Maryland.

10:35am - Second stop: Chick-fil-a

12:15pm - Entering the 6th and final state of the day: Virginia.

2:30pm - Check in at the Residence Inn Williamsburg

4:30pm - UNH Alumni event


7:00pm - UNH Chargers vs. The College of William and Mary


9:30pm - College of William and Mary 13 - University of New Haven 10

12:15am - Off to bed.

5:05am - Up and off to the airport.

7:45am - Board a flight from Norwalk International Airport to Philadelphia.

8:45am - Landed in Philly waiting on connection flight.

9:46am - Board a flight from Philadelphia International Airport to Hartford.

10:29am - Landed in Hartford.

11:55am - Arrived at UNH for A-Team Interviews

3:30pm - Interviews end with 21 new Tour Guides.

Wednesday night I had the opportunity to go to the retirement party of my future father in-law. He and two of his colleagues were retiring after 40+ years of service in the same business. That itself is quite of an accomplishment seeing how people are constantly changing jobs whenever the opportunity arises. These three men were fresh out of college when they started their careers. They have seen their company go through the good times as well as the bad but they stuck with it till they felt it was time to hang up the shoes.

Each man is a success in my eyes. Each man had a successful career and got the opportunity to make a decent living that they were able to raise a family and see that family grow to have families of their own. What I learned the most out of that night was that you have to have a passion for what you and that the people you work with are not just coworkers but they are family.

Value what you do for a living. Value the people that you work with.

I can't even imagine working a one place for 40+ years. I just completed my 4th year at my job, I still have things to learn in my field. I know that. I am willing and eager to learn all I can.

I've tried to write blogs before and a lot of times I would just stop updating. I think this blog will stay the course because it will be more of a day to day track of my life. It will include things that happen with work, photos from the road and even planning for my wedding in June.

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This is my life.