5 am is the middle of the night for me. Midnight until
10 am is my usual sleep schedule unless I have a ton
of stuff to do and am forced to knock it down to 8 or
9 hours. So getting up at 5 am today to leave for Germany
was getting up in the middle of the night for me.
I’m not really complaining about it. I just want
you to realize that there was a certain amount of sacrifice
in preparing to go party in Germany for a couple of
weeks, all expenses paid! Sucker!
I want you right there along with me. Whether it’s
from your cubicle, home office or local pub. So here’s
our schedule to get there:
5 am – Get interrupted from kick-ass party dream
(of course my wife is there with me!) by annoying and
seldom used alarm clock.
6 am – Get out of bed.
7am – Shower, shave and you-know-what before hopping
in the car with disgruntled wife who thinks she deserves
to go too.
8 am – Fly to Los Angeles
10 am – 2:59 – Hang out in airport bar lecturing
my photographer on how he better act.
3 pm – Board flight to Dusseldorf (11 hours…discuss
how far away Amsterdam will be from my hotel with neighboring
passengers for much of the flight).
11 am next day – Land in Dusseldorf. Board train
for Frankfurt.
1 pm – Finally arrive in Frankfurt. Get cab to
hotel. Ask taxi driver how far away Amsterdam is from
Frankfurt.
2 pm – Drop off bags in hotel room. Head downstairs
to café (bar) to introduce my photographer, who
is single, to some friends (Swedish fans).
10 pm – Report back to you guys (at least what
I legally can) on how things are going.
Tomorrow: Things get a whole lot better.
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