Monday, September 12, 2005
Greetings from Scottsdale, AZ
I flew into Phoenix, AZ yesterday. Sage Software, the company that owns SalesLogix, is based here. I'm in town til friday night, for an "Administration and Implementation of SalesLogix v6.2". Woo Hoo, I finally have some real training.
Total travel time was about 10 hours after the layovers. I flew from Cinci to Charlotte, then to Phoenix. I got into PHX around 7pm local time. I picked up my rental '06 Ford Taurus and headed to my hotel. It's in the buisness district of PHX, and generally crappy. It seems like it was a nice place 5 years ago, but has not been kept up. Mirna booked me a smoking room so I can't even hide away in my room and avoid the "ick". The room, like all hotel rooms, is pretty stale and the smoke smell is strong.
I struggled to sleep in till 6:15 (8:15 ohio time), in time to head down to the restaurant for food. I was sad, but not suprised, to find that he restaruant is closed... for good. I decided to go ahead and head to Scottsdale (16 mile commute across town through traffic = SHIT ) to see if I can find some food. I ended up at a place called "Paradise Bakery and Cafe." It was Panera-ish. Coffee of the day was Black Raspberry Chocolate. YUCK, I ended up with a Crapuccino.
There are 5 other people in my training class. The class has 5 men, including me, and 1 woman. 2 people are Sage employees, one from OZ. Rest of us are from all over. Portland OR, San Jose, Cincinnati(me!), and Calgary, eh! Guess what, I'm the only out-of-towner not staying in the Gainey Suites (the hotel next to Sage's office.) So much for late night networking at the local bar(walking distance). I'll have to commute my ass back to Phoenix. UG.
I am really glad that I am getting some good information, but it's really hard for me to not be a little bitter about the situation. It's so frustrating that I can hardly stop thinking about it. The commute... the stupid flight times.. ug.. must... think.. positivly....
We just got done with Lunch. I had a crappy, but free, salad. I'm on a French dressing kick lately, and man that was some spicy french dressing.
Jannelle is in P-burg for a few days. She had some business to attend to there. At least she's not all alone in Cinci.
I only have connection to the internet in the class room. I'll be checking email and surfing on break and lunch.
Total travel time was about 10 hours after the layovers. I flew from Cinci to Charlotte, then to Phoenix. I got into PHX around 7pm local time. I picked up my rental '06 Ford Taurus and headed to my hotel. It's in the buisness district of PHX, and generally crappy. It seems like it was a nice place 5 years ago, but has not been kept up. Mirna booked me a smoking room so I can't even hide away in my room and avoid the "ick". The room, like all hotel rooms, is pretty stale and the smoke smell is strong.
I struggled to sleep in till 6:15 (8:15 ohio time), in time to head down to the restaurant for food. I was sad, but not suprised, to find that he restaruant is closed... for good. I decided to go ahead and head to Scottsdale (16 mile commute across town through traffic = SHIT ) to see if I can find some food. I ended up at a place called "Paradise Bakery and Cafe." It was Panera-ish. Coffee of the day was Black Raspberry Chocolate. YUCK, I ended up with a Crapuccino.
There are 5 other people in my training class. The class has 5 men, including me, and 1 woman. 2 people are Sage employees, one from OZ. Rest of us are from all over. Portland OR, San Jose, Cincinnati(me!), and Calgary, eh! Guess what, I'm the only out-of-towner not staying in the Gainey Suites (the hotel next to Sage's office.) So much for late night networking at the local bar(walking distance). I'll have to commute my ass back to Phoenix. UG.
I am really glad that I am getting some good information, but it's really hard for me to not be a little bitter about the situation. It's so frustrating that I can hardly stop thinking about it. The commute... the stupid flight times.. ug.. must... think.. positivly....
We just got done with Lunch. I had a crappy, but free, salad. I'm on a French dressing kick lately, and man that was some spicy french dressing.
Jannelle is in P-burg for a few days. She had some business to attend to there. At least she's not all alone in Cinci.
I only have connection to the internet in the class room. I'll be checking email and surfing on break and lunch.
# posted by Casey @ 2:38 PM 
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Wow! Another post! Sweet! I must say though that I'm a little jealous that you get to be in AZ. I really miss Arizona! I loved every second of it when I was there for my internship a few years back. But I must say that Phx is pretty much a hell hole. Tucson or Flag are the places to be as far as cities go in that state. Wish I could be there!
Good stuff, Casey.
Just think about how Sofo would never train you to do anything. I wish I had an opportunity to get out of the office more to go to an interesting place. The 1.5 hour drive to downtown Detroit is beautiful and all. 8)
Hey, we miss you in Perrysburg! When will you be around again?
Just think about how Sofo would never train you to do anything. I wish I had an opportunity to get out of the office more to go to an interesting place. The 1.5 hour drive to downtown Detroit is beautiful and all. 8)
Hey, we miss you in Perrysburg! When will you be around again?
Hey, Don't let Ruth bad-talk Phoenix. Parts of it, particularly Scottsdale, are absolutely beautiful.
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