Day one of California

Well... so far it has been an interesting trip...

After much persistance on the weekend i was able to change my seat from a middle to an aisle!!! WOOT!!!

I borded the plane with my usual morning enthusiasm, to find out, that I was surrounded by kids... 3 in the row in front of me, 2 in my row on the other side of the aisle, and 3 right behind me...

For the first half of the flight, they were okay... watching movies and an occasional little kid scream or giggle to the movie... i can understand and respect that... no problem............

Then about half way through the trip... the little fuckers started to get restless and talking and whining and crying and screaming... UGH!!!!!!

Then it happened... I was breathing, like i normally do, when i noticed a very fowl stench in the air... I was like... oh please gods NOOOOOO!!!!! The little girl sitting in front of me, apparently needed to be changed... and i was trying to be nice and not tell the parents that their little daughter took a shit and STINKS!!! I figured they would just catch a whif right? They did, after 10 minutes... ugh...

and no sooner they came back with that little bizbag, the other one went... and once again... she wasn't changed till we got off the plane... i mean seriously... what is it with these people?

So... I got off the plane and went to get my luggage (i had to check a bag in since i am staying 2 weeks.) and went to go get my car... They tried to give me a land yacht... i said... thank you... but i would like a smaller car... they didn't have any, but they told me to wait, because some were due back... after 10 minutes of waiting, i said "look... just give me the smallest car you have"

Well... they did... A Toyota Prius... and all I have to say is... WTF!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I have been driving since I was 16 years old... and I could not for the life of me figure out how to get this car working... I turned it on after i put the remote control in the slot... (no key) and tried to back out, but the car wouldn't get out of neutral... WTF? I tried and tried and tried... finally, i pushed the "Power Button again, and the car turned off... in the mean time, i am half hanging out of the parking space in the lane where rental cars are returned, not the best place to be...

So... i hit the Power button again, and it came on and would let me use the dashboard gear switcher... Yes... it's not on the steering column... not in between the 2 front seats... it's a little joystick on the dashboard.

So... I finally got the hang of driving... so i start making my way out of the parking garage and the car starts violently beeping at me... "BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP... I SAID BEEEP BIATCH! BEEP BEEP"

Not a single warning, no error message, my break wasn't on... my seatbelt was on... i am yelling at the car... WHAT IS IT YOU WANT? eventually the beeping just stopped.

I found my way to work and got to meet my new project manager and the Project manager from the pharma company... it was nice... Until i left and got back in the car... and the same thing happened!!! First time i started up, i couldn't get the car out of neutral, the second time... no problem, then 3 minutes after driving (on the road) BEEP BEEP BEEP for like 40 seconds until i said "SHUT THE FUCK UP!" then it beeped 3 more times, then shut up...

California is gonna be a real treat!