As some of you know my sister-in-law is getting married in the Dominican this November and I’ve been having an inner battle about whether or not the Summit would be in the cards for me in 2010. After some thought and weighing my options I’ve come to the conclusion that I just can’t miss the Summit. Well… can’t miss SOME of the Summit I guess.
I’ll be flying into Seattle on the Sunday (Nov 7th) and flying out in the evening on the Wednesday (Nov 10th)… I know I’ll be missing a whole day of sessions on the Thursday (and the post-cons on the Friday) but this is the only way I could make it work. Lucky for me as the chapter president for EDMPASS I’ll get the DVDs so I can be sure to catch all the Friday sessions I missed… yeah it’s not live but it’s better then not seeing them at all.
I can’t remember the last time I’ve been away from work for 2 weeks… I think the last time I took 2 weeks off was for the birth of my son (4 years ago this August). That’s how important the Summit is to me professionally and personally. Last year was my first Summit and I can’t say enough about how great the speakers and SQL community is. I’ll be attending my first ever pre-con this year (I figured if I’m missng a whole day on Thursday that I should get in a “deep dive” pre-con session on the Monday).
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November is looking like it’s gonna be a crazy month but it’s a good crazy, quality time with the family (and my first ever ocean… I know… how lame and I? LOL) mixed in with quality time with some of my favorite SQL geeks… look out Seattle @ColinStasiuk is coming back to town…..
Enjoy!!
testing
Well at least we’ll all get to see you too, eh. You bringing the jersey again this year? Looking forward to bumping into you, maybe we can do sushi one of the few nights you have.
As for the wedding trip, might I suggest you invest in a pair of these? Shouldn’t add too much to the baggage weight..
http://pooltoy.com/swimmies1.html
Glad that you will be there for some of the time. Now that the sessions are posted on the website maybe I can attend some that you would have gont to.
Chris
Glad you were able to make it work and keeping the emphasis on Family. To miss a Family Event for a work event would not have been cool.
Enjoy the Ocean, about time you got some sun!