Boston

Well, my trip to Boston was, unfortunately, a waste of 4 days. The "mandatory training" was going over software that we already use but would have a new look. I learned not one new thing. OK, that's a lie, I learned that unorganized people make me go insane. Wait, I knew that too :) I did get to spend a littl one-on-one with the head of accounting and explained some of our frustrations to him which apparently were a little of a surprise as he had been hearing the accounting people say that the people in the field are the problem. He listened and semed to want to do something about it and let us in on a few changes he already had planned. My budgets are still due, but I didn't work on them when I was gone. We found out that the formulas on several page were wrong, so one of my piers went through ad found the incorrect formulas. Multi-Billion Dollar company can't send out a spreadsheet that has been formatted correctly. So we all have to add time to fix all the formulas. Oh, and keep the expenses flat. Still takes over 2 hours/property. As of this morning, I have 4 more to do and I have to go back and fix the formulas on the ones I finished.
Boston was architecturally pleasing. Lots of beautiful buildings and row house, churches and librarys. Weather was cold and either rain or snow, but not unduly so. We walked wherever we wanted to go and took the subway one day to a historic building that has been converted to a market. We at lovely food at a great restaurant thanks to my boss and the evening was enjoyable. We stayed at the Courtyard at Copley Square where the workout room was the size o the elevator, the waitstaff for breakfast apparently hate their jobs and the icing on the cake was limited hot water the first 2 days (I had about 30 secs of that) and none at all on Friday.
I was happier than a barn full of baby owls to get home and spent the weeend doing household things and enjoying JRs company. Well, off to the grindstone.