In my last blog, I mentioned “my time” and my drive home. I have added a picture so you, too, can see the beauty I see every day. I took this as I drove home from work Wednesday.
My usual routine when I get home is to exercise for about an hour. Wednesday evening was a little different. I was scheduled to leave Thursday morning for Brainerd and had to wrap up some race business before I left. We will have a trading card soon, and I had 500 autograph cards to sign. I completed the last hundred and a couple dozen hero cards. I then checked my racing e-mail and answered a couple of fans.
Thursday morning, I scheduled extra drive time for the trip to the airport, just in case I encountered construction. Sure enough, I did. Normally, it wouldn’t be an issue; however, where I live, we have two-lane highways, so we waited about 15 minutes to be escorted through the five miles of completed lane. In total, we were delayed about 30 minutes.
I arrived at the airport and had time to plug in my laptop and conduct two meetings before boarding the plane. I am thankful for advanced technology and GE, my other career, for allowing me to be wireless and work on the road.
The flight was uneventful, and I was able to review more data for work and begin this episode of my blog. I arrived in Minneapolis at 5:03 p.m., but, for any of you who travel to the Twin Cities via America West, you may have experienced the same delay as I have the past two years. The plane landed at 5:03; however, with only one gate allocated to America West, we could not park the plane until the gate was vacated. Forty minutes later. Luckily, my ride to the racetrack was late also, so it worked out.
It was about an hour and 50 minutes to the racetrack, and I used that time to send a couple of e-mails for GE work.
Friday morning at 6, I had one conference call to attend for GE, and that completed the other career. I was not the only one up early. Gary was up preparing the motorcycle for qualifying today. It’s about 10 a.m. now, and I am heading out to meet and greet the race fans.
I will post again soon.