[Cafepress time is currently 10:22pm Friday 6th, 2008]

As I sit here in my hotel room… fighting to keep the hotel wifi connection active, watching Bear Grylls eat something unnecessary on the Discovery Channel, I am trying to think of what might be interesting to recount?

For me, the highlights have been thus:

I barely slept last night. We had severe thunderstorm warnings as well as tornado watches well into the night in my neck of the woods and I was a bit too preoccupied with the sirens going off all across town to sleep. Besides, by the time the warnings were canceled there was little reason for me to go back to sleep as I had a plane to catch at an airport that was likely to see its main road flooded and closed-down (rivers overflowing, thank you very much).

I did manage to get on the plane out of Tornado Alley. My connecting flight in Denver was beginning to board while I was still in the air descending to 7,000 feet. I had four minutes to get from Gate 21 to Gate 50. Somehow I made it and arrived in San Francisco with high winds thumping our jet in all the way. It was great!

A quick visit with fellow mods and CPV’ers in the lobby and it was time to check in, call home, then grab a quick bite to eat at BJ’s. Their fish-n-chips are quite good, by the way.

It was then off to Cafepress’ new offices to do a little work and then happy hour!

Happy hour at El Toritos was great – the gang was all there and it was a real treat to see old friends again and make new frienships as well. I took pictures and as soon as I cease to be exhausted I’ll post them.

After a fantastic time at El Toritos most of us headed back to the hotel for dinner and drinks in the lobby – a wise move because this cowboy needed to ap out early – lack of sleep and change in time-zone means I need to catch some Z’s if I’m going to be bright eyed and bushy tailed for meetings all day tomorrow at CP.

I’m seriously looking forward to it – there’s a lot to discuss and being in the same room with my peers is always a dynamic and productive thing. I think tomorrow will be a proper, full day with a lot going on.

I see Bear is eating an alligator. Why can’t he just ask one of the cameramen to fork over a candy bar or something?

Anyway, it’s late even if it’s not late. I’m tired. Time to tap out now.

Here’s to a fruitful and productive day tomorrow!

…I hope Shannon doesn’t snore too loudly? She’s in the room next door and I really need my beauty sleep – more than usual.

…I also hope Adam turns in early. He’s like an unstoppable, late-night machine. We need him alert and awake tomorrow.