my coordinators in salisbury, md are a-mazing

so, with all this change coming to quintiles (they are trying to make all the monitor more localized to a specific region) i am losing pretty much all of my sites that i have developed relationships with. i am very sad about this, because i value the relationships i form at my sites. if you develop relationships with your coordinators, they want to do things for you, when you ask them, and it makes my trips much more enjoyable if i am going to visit coordinators that are easy to work with. sometimes, i get really lucky and the coordinators and i get along so well that we go out to dinner, we talk about our personal lives, and becomes friends - that is what i have found in salisbury, md!!!

i told my coordinators in salisbury, md (erica, megan, kathy, and christina) at the last visit that this visit would probably be my last (i am still holding out hope, that maybe it won't be), so we all planned to go out to dinner. we went to market st to eat tonight and i enjoyed my last dinner with them. the last time i was here, we all went to texas roadhouse. i am going to miss coming to this site and hearing stories about erica's adorable children, megan's pregnancy, crazy kathy fiddler, and joking around with them in general. they actually made traveling not seem so bad. i hope the new monitor appreciates what a great site they are getting.

a saduko partner, a very hot guy at 6 am

it is amazing how many interesting people i meet on the plane. last thursday i was on my way home from a site visit in connecticut and an older gentleman sat down beside of me. we started chatting, and he mentioned the church he attends in charlotte. i told him that i actually visited that church first when i moved to charlotte. somehow we ended doing a saduko puzzle together - it was hilarious. would you believe that we could not figure out the easiest one without a little assistance, haha.

i also met a very cute guy a few weeks back from charlotte on his way to san francisco. we had some great conversation, and talked about our walks with God and i am here to tell you, if i could see him again, it would be a-mazing. too bad when we landed in atlanta, i was in such a hurry. i had to take off running to make my connection to panama city.

sometimes i meet the most amazing people on planes, other times i meet annoying, smelling people. my travel experiences are definitely interesting.

a slit that kept growing

so, two weeks ago i was running a little late heading to the airport, the weather was not on my side either... it was pouring rain. i arrive at business valet approximately 57 minutes before my flight, yikes. i step out and the little lady is new = not good. but when i go to step out, my skirt that originally had a 1.5 inch slit, now has a 5 inch slit = holy cow, what in the world do you do. i had no time to turn around and go home, i seriously was so mortified. i immediately put my purse in front of my skirt and carried on. i searched in every store in the airport for an emergency sewing kit or safety pin, but what was i thinking, that would be considered a weapon... no go. the charlotte airport doesn't sell clothing, so i am starting to panic. then, i remember that the philly airport has an airport mall, and i am connecting there. so, when i land, i run to gap. i ask the nice lady in there for a size 8, black skirt immediately. i put it on, and walk out with the tags ripped off. she says, "are you flexible?" the sensor is still on my skirt... i have like 1o minutes to make it to my gate (through two terminals) and i have to jump up on the counter to get the sensor off the skirt. i pay and off i go. they actually paged me, last boarding call - so i just barely made it. what a day.

to make the day even more interesting, two of my friends had an engagement party i was trying to get back to that evening, and i got delayed in philly on the way home and didn't make it:( so much fun traveling i tell you.