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I've finally reached a point in my day where I can sit down and collect some thoughts. Time to further document my Atlanta trip.

On the first day I showed copious amounts of confidence in my Garmin, that I left my suite five minutes before class started. According to my GPS, I was three minutes away from the training building. I was never one to turn down fashionably late entrance either. Fifteen minutes later and I'm still searching for the training center. How on earth can this building be so difficult to find!?! Well, the address on the training sheet didn't specify that I'd be at the Wells-Fargo building (after all, I was training with KDC - NOT Wells-Fargo). When I put it all together, I figured that the Wells-Fargo building probably houses several other businesses (it did) and joined the class fifteen minutes into the formalities. It truly wasn't a big deal, but for a while there I thought I'd never find this place.

As the days went on, I made some good friends. Martin was the "wifi guy" from Haascnc in Oxnard, CA. Funny guy! He and I developed quite a knack for solving exercises during the class. I also met some homebodys. Sergio and Mike were from Pittsburgh, working for Bayer. Two good guys. Sergio was actually on my flight back to the 'Burgh. We were delayed well over two hours for our return flight. It was good to have a friend to talk to then.

The shopping in Atlanta was pretty good too. Nothing was too far away from where you were at any given moment. The only real gripe I had was when I needed to kill some time, I couldn't find a nearby theatre. Everything was 5+ miles away, with a trip on the toll road necessary. Sorry, but I had to pass. I had already stretched my expense account as it was, so I didn't need additional expenses even if it was only fifty cents.

I also came to some frightening (and relieving) conclusions about my career in Atlanta, which I'll disclose in a later blog.