26 April 2016

People complain about Delta flights being late all the time…

I like to think that they are “appropriately” late. For example, I think their flight to Atlanta being 15 minutes late makes total sense to me. Otherwise, I had no chance at all to make it to the flight 🙂 When I ran into the plane, I had already violated the 10 minute rule. Fortunately, I had called in Delta from the rental car center and requested them not to give the seat away.

Everything had gone swimmingly well per the plan after I pulled over from the highway. It was a great park and the Delaware River views were beautiful. Managed to even run into some interesting fellow runners – okay, maybe they were just strolling around.

Finding the LA Fitness near the airport though took quite some time (it was on the second floor). And my plans hit a big hitch when I realized that I was about one towel short!! Had to make do with yesterday’s shirt!!

But I am in the plane now and the views and the run was totally worth it!! Maybe I should have put in a couple of miles more… The way the thunderstorms are rolling in, I don’t think we are getting out in a hurry…

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26 April 2016

Should I or should I not?

Finished with all meetings in Philly area. It is nearly 3 PM. Should I put in a run by the beautiful Delaware river?

On one hand, I have barely two hours for my flight to take off. On the other hand, I am only thirty minutes away from the airport, there is a beautiful park by the river off the highway and there is a LA Fitness close to the airport to take a shower…

I might just be able to make it to the plane if I do not check in luggage and TSA Precheck is not crowded….

Tempting…. very tempting…

26 April 2016

How many times have you stopped at a STOP sign to let a helicopter go thru?

One perk of my job in the geospatial data analytics is that we get to acquire a lot of data from airplanes and helicopters. And therefore, I often get access into the airports where the flight operations are.

Today, I finished a meeting with one of our partners and as I started to drive towards the secure gates, had to stop at the STOP sign to let this helicopter go.

Technically, I came to the sign first, but I looked at the rotor fan sizes and who the helicopter belonged to. I was very happy to let it go first 🙂

26 April 2016

Habemus Collegium!!

We have a decision on the college!! After a careful selection process befitting how the pope is chosen, we seem to have come up with an answer.

I can’t wait to talk to my dad tomorrow morning about it. I have a vague idea how the conversation will go…

He: “So, she is going to the college near home”?
Me: “No”
He: “But did you not say that would be totally free?”
Me: “Yes. But she is not going there”

He: “Oh! Okay. Is she going to the one that is giving maximum scholarship?”
Me: “No”
He: “No? The one with the next highest scholarship?”
Me: “Not that one either”

He: “Hmmmm. So how much is this college giving where she is going?”
Me: “Actually this is the college that is giving no scholarship?”

A few moments of silence…

He: “What was the highest scholarship she was getting?”
Me: “I think the highest was $25K per year”

More silence as he struggles to multiply 25000 by 67 (exchange rate of dollar to rupee)

And then…

… that is when he is going to kill me 🙂