Boulder to London

Today marks the start to my third week back in the States.  The project has not gone near as well as I hoped, but many people back in the office in London, feel that it will actually turn out OK and that I’m being a little hard on myself.  Either way, I have a ton to get done this week and will likely be pulling some long days.

On my way back to Chicago from Houston, I decided to spend the weekend in Colorado to see some friends.  The weekend has been great.  I landed Friday night and went to the CU joint MBA and Law School Halloween party.  If there is anyone that has actually been following me for the past year, you may remember my post from a year ago on my troubles finding a costume.  This year was no better, but rather than race around town, I showed up without costume.  This was actually good since many people probably weren’t expecting to see me there, but posed a bit of a problem since I was easily recognizable and it often took me several minutes to figure out who was who.  The costumes were good, the beer was cold, and everyone had a good time.

The rest of my time in Colorado has been spent catching up with friends.  For those that I got to see, thank you so much for taking the time to catch up.  For those that I didn’t get to see, I’m very sorry to have missed you on this trip.  The days seemed to fill up very quickly and I spent most of the weekend going from place to place (usually eating and drinking) to see someone else and catch up for an hour or two.  It was great to see everyone and being back in Colorado brings back a lot of good memories. 

A funny thing happened to me in the Houston airport on Friday.   I had sat down to have something to eat before heading out to the gate.  As I got up to leave, a group of hostesses/waitresses were all standing near the door looking my way.  I didn’t really think anything of it and assumed it was some sort of shift change, training or an impromptu meeting.  As I approached, I noticed that they were all sort of looking at me.  I tried to get by and one of them stopped me and said…”Are you that TV anchor from NBC?”  I replied, “no”, not really knowing who they were talking about since I didn’t watch too much TV when I was in the states, and we don’t get NBC in London.  They went on to say, you look exactly like Matt Lauer.  I honestly didn’t really know who that was, but I’ve since googled him and it seems there may be some resemblance?  What do you think?