Dallas
Well, I get to make a trip to Dallas next week for work. This is the first time I’ve had to travel for this job, it’s kinda cool. Anyways, we have this rotation set up so that someone from Longview visits the Dallas campuses about every six weeks. We rotate the duty among the different departments within IT. This time around it’s Programming Services and I’m next in PS. I remember putting it on my calendar just after I started working here. I thought at the time that the trip was so far off into the future, but it sure arrived quick.
I put out an email this morning asking the rest of IT if they had anything that needed to be done while I was there. I have only recieved one response so far, but I expect there to be more before I leave. I still have no idea where the actual buildings I will be visiting are, but I know that I will narrow that down before I leave. Since my van really isn’t interstate safe right now (it mostly is, but I don’t want to push it) I looked into using one of the fleet vehicles. Mike (my boss) thought the minimum age for their use was 25, but we checked anyways. Thankfully, after checking with Phys Plant (or Facilities Services if you want to be PC) we found that it was actually only 21. Since I’m currently 22 and almost 23 it isn’t a problem.
Even though I qualify age wise to use a fleet vehicle, I still have to go have a little chat with security. They clear every driver before they can use one of the vehicles, stuff like getting a copy of your license, ‘test’ your driving, and cooridinate with the insurance people. So, I’ll have that chat tomorrow hopefully. It’ll be interesting because I asked for a car (we also have minivans) and it’s been a while since I’ve driven *anything* other than my minivan. Fun, fun, fun.