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My First Business Trip

By Anonymous

Tomorrow morning I fly to my homeland of Houston, Texas for 2.5 days of "New Associate Orientation". There will be lots of meetings and seminars on things like "working with associates who look different from you" and "how to dress like a lawyer*" but the evening activities are pure fun. Tomorrow night we're touring Minute Maid Park (or Enron Field, if you remember it from old days) and participating in batting practice (and by "we" I do not mean me, I learned long ago I am better in the water than on land) and Thursday night we're competing in a city-wide scavenger hunt in limos filled with beer. Our teams are made up of associates from all the other offices so I'll have to say goodbye to my Austin buddies and make some new friends I admit that I'm dorkily excited about the whole thing- two nights of sleep in a fancy hotel, meetings where I learn random facts about the firm I can relay later in casual conversation, and my first limo ride since prom - plus I'm sure there's going to be a new binder or two filled with handouts. I'm going to miss my boys, but I do not flatter myself to think they will fall apart while I'm gone. JP just told me they're going to throw a big party and invite over Landon's lady baby friends from daycare- I just hope my neighbors don't call the cops.

I believe I've rigged blogger to publish a little something to keep you company while I'm gone, and if you comment I'll have something to read on my blackberry should the 17th meeting of the day be less than riveting. It's a win-win situation.

Full post as published by Lag Liv on September 30, 2008 (boomark / email).