Thirteen days ago, our blog readers had the opportunity to hear about Director Phillips’ “relaxing” weekend dog-sitting. The week, I’ll explain how my weekend was from the road. It all began on Wednesday evening in Maplewood, New Jersey. I was covering a college fair at Columbia High School which went well. After the college fair, I had dinner with fellow UNH Admissions Counselors Kat and Gil. Both of them were covering a college fair in Northern New Jersey as well. We reviewed a few files and watched Lost. A show that I normally do not watch and when it was over, I was the one feeling lost.
Shortly after, I embarked on my trip to Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania which was about a two hour drive. At this point of the blog, I will go over the dos and don’ts of traveling.
- DO: Make reservations in advance.
- DON’T: Reserve a room for the wrong dates.
- DO: Pack accordingly.
- DON’T: Forget to pack a jacket when the temperature is in the low 50s.
- DO: Get back up directions.
- DON’T: Rely on GPS systems because satellites can be wrong or lose signal.
Now I think you can guess what I did this weekend. The reservations I had been for the incorrect date. I forgot to pack a jacket because I figured it would be warmer in Maryland and Virginia. I was wrong. A GPS system doesn’t get signal while you’re driving through a tunnel and takes a while to reconnect with the satellite so you don’t know what direction to go.
There is a good side to this blog though. Before my college fair in Virginia, there was a card collectible show held at the same convention center where several Pittsburgh Steelers team members where in attendance. I got to meet Darnell Stapleton and “Mean” Joe Green. So really you have to take the good with the bad, even when the bad comes first.
