Taking my act on the road...

dwight · 2006-04-06T02:40:42+00:00

Funny how these things happen.Ten years ago, I was the one doing the travelling on business. In sales, I was the one tapped to attend many a convention, which meant doing the 5-day stay in several nice cities around the U.S. (and several not-so-nice ones). Since I changed jobs, my phone is blissfully silent and I rarely have to pack a bag. Now it's my wife's turn.While most of my road trips were within the U.S. and Canada, she has to jet around the globe - from Argentina to Colombia, to all of the great cities in Europe. She gets to go to Florida in January or Sweden in the summer. At the moment, she's in Seattle, and, at her request, I'm joining her there this weekend.Sometime late last year, she REALLY asked me to join her in Phoenix later this month. She knows I'd rather sit in my La-Z-Boy and watch Law & Order reruns, but when I "politely declined" (something like, "Hell, no!"), she got that hurt sound in her voice that turns me to Jell-o. She also dangled the option of renting a Mustang convertible and driving up to Sedona, and I jumped at it. Once I agreed to the Phoenix trip, she threw Seattle at me, too. Now... Phoenix at the end of April sounds great (and I've never been to Arizona), but Seattle this weekend?!? Yuck. I've scheduled a couple of extra days off afterward, to get over it.Now, there are two -and only two- things I'm really counting on in Phoenix. One is that Mustang. Although I know it's probably (definitely) a 6-cylinder model, it'll be my first experience driving the new Mustang. I fear that when I arrive I'll be told that there are no Mustangs available, and I'll be offered an "upgrade" to either a Chrysler PT Cruiser or a pickup truck.The other thing I'm REALLY looking forward to is having dinner at a Marie Callander restaurant. I've been hooked on their frozen dinners for years, and I think they're the best on the market (although WHY the fixation with broccoli, I'll never understand). I surely do hope that their "live" meals are even...