Things I learned on a recent trip

I've been a little remiss in posting, as I just spent the past 8 days in Athens (Greece, not Georgia) for work. So while I unpack, and figure our how I'm going to get over a 7 hour time difference so that I'm not the lamest person ever at a wedding this weekend, I'll leave you with a short list of things I learned on my trip:

• Athens beats the hell out of Scranton, Toledo, Wausau (Wisconsin), Boston, San Diego... hell, anywhere I've gone for work before.
• 10 hours in Business Class can turn you into quite the elitist
• The Greeks know how to party
• Replying to e-mail is much better done in a swimsuit by the pool with a glass of wine than it is wearing a suit in the office with a cup of coffee
• Good gin does not in fact taste like hairspray
• Listening to clients talk for eight days about the amazing things their infant children are doing, is enough to make even the most commitment-phobic guy begin to consider having them
• Being out of country does not make a hangover any less intense, and does not invalidate my need for a reminder list
• 10 hours on a plane home, with a screaming infant directly behind you, can completely reverse any thoughts you ever had of having kids