Not a bad couple of days. Just boring as all heck. Lots of financial numbers and lots of acronyms. Sitting in a frigid back hallway babysitting two laptops, a beta deck, a DVD player and a graphics switcher, with a small speaker and a video monitor to remind me who is at the podium. And 20-some powerpoint presentations to load and attend to. And no internets to keep me company.
Two days of bad food - fast food en route down (breakfast) and back (dinner) - banquet food lunches and breakfasts, and a dinner culled from a local high end grocery store. Ick, should have just gotten room service.
The company in question is doing pretty well, they are nicely positioned to take advantage of the growing energy crisis, and are wall street darlings in terms of growth, execution, and margins. Every year I come back thinking "I ought to buy some stock for my IRA". And, per usual, out of 20 some speakers - no women. One POC. The crowd looked to be about 10% women, which still left for a bit of a line in the ladies room during the breaks.
It was good to be back in my own bed, with the zipster at my side and elo the dog at my feet. It's good to drink my own decaf this morning and eat a bowl of oatmeal.
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