Greek to Me

Headed to Athens today… whoopie.

When people find out how often I travel, and then discover all the “great” places I travel to, they invariably say something to the effect of, “I wish I had your job! It must be nice to see all those awesome places.” To which I am forced to say something along the lines of, “It’s nice, but I don’t actually see anything but my hotel.”

No one ever believes me.

Which is odd, since if I was seeing all these awesome places you’d think I’d brag, even if only a little. I mean, I’ve been all over the U.S. and to a whole lot of other countries, too. But the truth of it is I usually DON’T see anything when I’m traveling other than my hotel room and a hotel ballroom where there’s a business meeting going on. Once in a while I’ll have an evening free to wander around, but even then most of the attractions are closed, the people are in their homes and the only thing I can actually do is eat a quick meal and then get to bed so I’m ready for my next 6am meeting.

Oh, the woe that is I.

In most respects my job IS pretty awesome. But whenever I say I’m headed to another exotic location it would be nice if just once someone understood when I told them that doing the job in Athens, Greece is the same as doing it in Athens, Georgia. Or even Newark, New Jersey. Now, while it’s true that sometimes, in very rare circumstances, I’ll be given a day to myself to explore the city I can’t stress enough how horribly boring it actually is when the norm is for me to fly to another city in another country and never set foot outside the hotel unless I’m headed to the airport. Alas, I already know that most of you reading this are playing the world’s smallest violin and shedding a single, sorrowful tear for me because you just can’t imagine how my job, with all it’s travel perks, could possibly be as hard or boring as I’m trying to impress upon you. So, for all of you doubters and all the other people who don’t travel as often as I do and who still think they’d love my job BECAUSE of all the travel, all I have to say to you is this;

Neener-neener-NEEEEEENER!