Europe

Mushing along at only 486 MPH, headwinds blocking us all the way. As restful and serene as our last trip was, this is a cattle-car. Seems like every coach seat is taken, and I’m seated in the middle of the 767 off the left Aisle. Turbulence has people getting airsick and the ‘fasten seatbelts sign’ constantly illuminated. Ugh. At least we ARE going home today. For most of yesterday’s marathon, 8am to 1:30am session, it looked like we hade no end of problems and that we’d have to stay through monday or deep into next week to solve their problems. However, we caught some breaks in the afternoon, and again in the evening, culminating in a successful test at 1:30. If we did the same procedures 10 times, probably 9 out of those 10 times, UBS would’ve demanded us to stay. ...

Hungry and frustrated. The bed was comfortable (it was a BED, not an airplane seat…yay!), but Im still jet-lagged. Need…coffee… India didn’t come through for me (at least, not yet). We’re due @ UBS around 8am, and we haven’t eaten yet. Met some interesting people yesterday…Kurt, the guy w/cool blue eyes and a quick smile who seems to be under a great deal of pressure, Yvonne the 6-foot-tall middle aged gal who’s our main contact. All were nice, and UBS seems much like any other large corporation, when you get down to it–cubes and politics and processes to follow for everything. ...