Now, keep in mind, I had promised myself beforehand I wouldn't turn into one of those polyester lounge lizards hanging out at the hotel bar. Instead I thought I'd go downstairs to the hotel bar for a drink. We hung up at 8pm and I was not about to go straight to bed again. I called my wife and spent a good while talking lovey-dovey to her. By Friday night, I had wrapped up the report. Thursday night, I watched one of the soft porn flicks, which was good, cause I was starting to get pretty horny. Wednesday night I ate by myself and went to bed early. My friends at the competition actually went back east on Tuesday and I was left there until my flight home on Saturday morning. The rest of the time was just plain boring. Well, that was fun for the first two hours. I was supposed to write a report on the convention and the market. My job was to just look around and ask questions at the booths. I ran into some of the competition and spent the first two nights with them at dinner. Well, I really misunderstood how lonely travelling can be. I was very happy with my life and my job and really looking forward to a week on the left coast.
I might preface this story with the fact that I was happily married Michelle and I had married only three months earlier. One of my first assignments was to attend a convention in San Diego. I was a 22-year old straight out of college and I had just gotten a research job with a consumer products company.
