Late Night, Early Morning in Austin
Nov. 13th, 2025 02:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerTexas Trip log #5
Residence Inn · Thu, 13 Nov 2025. 7am.
Last night could have been an early evening. It could have been, but it wasn't.
I went out with my sales colleague to treat a prospective customer to dinner. They picked the restaurant, an Italian joint in the Domain. "I just love uniquely styled restaurants such as this," someone in the group gushed. "It's owned by Cheesecake Factory," I pointed out. At least the food was better than Cheesecake Factory. And the menu was just 2 pages, not 27.
I thought that dinner, with copious drinking, was going to be why it was a late night. Instead, both the gents we were entertaining wanted to get back to their families. Yay, engaged dads! They big us goodnight by 8. My sales colleague suggested we get a few more drinks. Mindful of the fact I had my morning alarm set for 6:15 already I suggested we limit it to just one. I was back in my room by 9.
Alas it was just staying up too late that was my excuse for staying up too late. I got involved in watching videos on YouTube and couldn't settle down to sleep until after midnight.
Morning came early today. At 6:15 I was up before dawn— even with the recent switch off of Daylight Saving Time. I've spent 30 minutes catching up on yesterday's unread emails while nibbling on breakfast in my room. Now it's time to shower, pack, and head downstairs to meet my sales colleague to prep for today's in-person meetings.
Residence Inn · Thu, 13 Nov 2025. 7am.
Last night could have been an early evening. It could have been, but it wasn't.
I went out with my sales colleague to treat a prospective customer to dinner. They picked the restaurant, an Italian joint in the Domain. "I just love uniquely styled restaurants such as this," someone in the group gushed. "It's owned by Cheesecake Factory," I pointed out. At least the food was better than Cheesecake Factory. And the menu was just 2 pages, not 27.
I thought that dinner, with copious drinking, was going to be why it was a late night. Instead, both the gents we were entertaining wanted to get back to their families. Yay, engaged dads! They big us goodnight by 8. My sales colleague suggested we get a few more drinks. Mindful of the fact I had my morning alarm set for 6:15 already I suggested we limit it to just one. I was back in my room by 9.
Alas it was just staying up too late that was my excuse for staying up too late. I got involved in watching videos on YouTube and couldn't settle down to sleep until after midnight.
Morning came early today. At 6:15 I was up before dawn— even with the recent switch off of Daylight Saving Time. I've spent 30 minutes catching up on yesterday's unread emails while nibbling on breakfast in my room. Now it's time to shower, pack, and head downstairs to meet my sales colleague to prep for today's in-person meetings.
