Might take some convincing.

This week's presentations went really well.  By the end I was running about 20-30 minutes, when it's really supposed to last an hour... which gave the sales guy some more time to do his pitch.  I definitely will be talking to the boss about marketing this presentation differently from now on.  It's obviously successful and a great way to get in front of designers and architects that we probably would not otherwise... but by limiting who we are willing to present it to we're totally shorting ourselves.  Hopefully he'll agree, and I'll have my job back (figuratively speaking).

Chicago this round has been great as usual... chilly and windy, but sunny.  The wind today cut right through you, so I've spent most of the time inside.  I switched hotels today, from the Affinia to the Burnham, River North area to The Loop.  The River North is a bit nicer, but The Loop is closer to the museums that we want to visit tomorrow.  Besides we don't need to be doing any more shopping!  

There's been competing noise-makers outside for most of the day today... a couple of kids banging on plastic buckets which isn't so bad, they're pretty talented.  But the hellfire-and-brimstone street preacher is getting on my nerves.  He has a mike and mini-speaker, and since I'm on the third floor of the hotel I can hear him pretty well.  I was going to take a nap today, but I just can't sleep with that kind of noise.  Normal street noise I can deal with okay, but banging and yelling like this, not so much.  But I know when we go to sleep tonight they'll be gone.  The Affinia was right next to the fire station, and when CFD trucks started up their sirens it made me jump a mile every time, especially at 3 a.m., so this is really nothing in comparison!

B & his brother are on their way, and I have a mile to walk to meet them at a friend's place.  I might just make B get a cab if it's too cold though!