On Wednesday, I was told that I got the go-ahead to take a business trip to London for Meetings on Friday (2 days later). I was very cool with that and quite excited – mostly for the fact that I might have the opportunity to unthaw from BRR-lin’s freezing temperatures (17 days with no sun and counting). Special thanks to Niall who was able to take the dog for a couple days, and on less than 2 days notice. The trip was literally a “jet set” type trip – taxi -> airport -> Taxi -> Office and reverse. Other than being up since 4am and not getting home until midnight (bed around 2am), the trip was, I think quite successful. Essentially, I had alot of input into the “coming features” and hopefully brought up a ton of things that weren’t thought of to make sure we were covered.
Otherwise? The office in London sits on the Thames, and our conference room faced the river (above) and a bridge near Richmond going over it. It was above freezing with a bit of rain. Everyone else thought it was cold (It was ~43 F) but me? Coming from 12 F Berlin – well, it was quite Balmy. I immediately stripped down to the t-shirt turtleneck and enjoyed the warmth and the sun for the morning…. When lunch came, I took a few snapshots of the River and the office (game room chairs below), and wished I could have stayed longer.
When I left, I had an interesting discussion with the taxi driver on the way back to the airport who had asked about the day. Essentially I mentioned it was too short of a trip, but I suppose “Life is what you make of it” which turned into a discussion of how you can accomplish almost anything if you just have the drive and determination and know where to look to make opportunites happen. He dropped me off at the airport – and when I opened the door to go inside the terminal — this is the sign that greeted me. Karma telling me something? I don’t know – but I just thought it was cool how fate / karma really reinforced the conversation.
