the business trip

why i enjoy the business trip:

• i like people calling me sir when i check into a hotel
• i like eating in restaurants
• i like having my company pay for my meals
• i like being able to break wind in bed with absolutely no repercussions
• i like having the air conditioning on full blast all through the night
• i like earning hotel rewards points
• i like collecting magnets and decks of playing cards from different places
• i like black-out curtains
• i like first-class
• i like going to grocery stores and buying weird cheeses that i'd never buy at home because they're way too expensive
• i like watching sports over a meal at a bar and chatting up strangers
• i like leaving the seat up

why i don't like the business trip:

• i have no idea where that remote has been
• i don't like hotel shuttles
• i hate the middle seat in an airplane
• "how many are in your party?"--"um... just one."
• the office isn't as funny when you're watching it alone
• no bed-time family prayers
• i hate packing my suitcase before i leave
• i really hate packing my dirty clothes back into the suitcase when i'm getting ready to go back home
• it's almost impossible to find the right water temperature in a hotel shower
• it's really embarrassing to call the front desk to have a plunger brought to your room
• due to the nature of my business, the people i'm meeting are generally happy to see me leave
• i have never gotten a good night's sleep without mary (awww... sappy, but true)

anybody else travel for business? am i missing anything?