I hate stressing over stupid things
After four hours of hotel searching for my stay in New York I finally found somewhere that (1) had an available room (the conference is the same weekend as the New York City Marathon not to mention Autumn in New York - stupid foliage rates) and (2) doesn't cost more per night than I spend per month on rent. But I was just over stressing myself about it as if it were the end of the world. I hate that. Of all the things that might bring about the end of the world, I don't think my hotel choice is one of them. So we're staying in New Jersey to save /a lot/ of money and the hotel has a regular shuttle to Time Square.
I settled for a chain hotel which always seems so wrong. You don't experience any "local character" but you feel reasonably safe in the selection. You know what to expect which has a certain comfort when you're going to be immersed in the unfamiliar. It's like going to McDonald's in Europe. One thing to ground you.
I have to admit I was getting intimidated by hotel reviews. There's something about those "never ever stay here... nightmares... bed bugs... dirty... unsafe..." comments that are hard to ignore. But I think people overreact. Just the range of reactions to the hotels we stayed at in Italy from my classmates. They certainly weren't Holiday Inns but that doesn't make them evil. I was usually on the pretty relaxed side. They all had standard North American toilets, that's all I need. I'm annoyed that I let myself be swayed by strangers and their opinions but I'm going to be stressed out enough about the conference when I'm there. I want all the other details to be as smooth as possible.
Now I need to figure out the flight and I guess figure out what I'm going to present.
I settled for a chain hotel which always seems so wrong. You don't experience any "local character" but you feel reasonably safe in the selection. You know what to expect which has a certain comfort when you're going to be immersed in the unfamiliar. It's like going to McDonald's in Europe. One thing to ground you.
I have to admit I was getting intimidated by hotel reviews. There's something about those "never ever stay here... nightmares... bed bugs... dirty... unsafe..." comments that are hard to ignore. But I think people overreact. Just the range of reactions to the hotels we stayed at in Italy from my classmates. They certainly weren't Holiday Inns but that doesn't make them evil. I was usually on the pretty relaxed side. They all had standard North American toilets, that's all I need. I'm annoyed that I let myself be swayed by strangers and their opinions but I'm going to be stressed out enough about the conference when I'm there. I want all the other details to be as smooth as possible.
Now I need to figure out the flight and I guess figure out what I'm going to present.
