This week I traveled… its been every week this year so far, I’ve gone somewhere. This time it was to Colorado Springs for Space Symposium. I’ve been going on and off for 30 years to the event and it was good, and I had many customer meetings. Also I saw a lot of people that I’ve known in the industry for a very long time. I don’t know if in my new job, I’ll continue to go to this conference, and if I hadn’t committed to it many weeks ago, I may not have made the trip. I will say though, it was nice to connect to old-collogues, even if ever-so briefly.
Returning from that trip, my flight arrived at mid-night. I went to the parking garage and walked right to where I left my car. Its not there! So I fish the key out of my pocket and use the remote to hit the lock and listen for the beep. I hear it – it sounds like its three or four rows away. Dang, I must be slipping or just too tired… I walk in the direction of the sound. I click again, and horn sounds like its behind me. So I walk back, and again its not there! I’m now wondering if I’m crazy, but I tell myself, no … its here, you heard it, and sound bounces around in a garage like this. After ten frustrating minutes of solitary (cause who else is in a parking garage at mid-night) horn beeping and walking in circles, I remember that Star-Trek show, where Captain Kirk saves the day because he thought in three dimensions instead of two (yea, my mind works in odd ways) and I get back in the elevator and go down one floor and walk directly to where I parked my car.
Lesson learned… think in three dimensions… and maybe travel a little less!