Today's client meeting was painfully long and annoying...but I got something across to the client, I think, that may improve things moving forward. I discovered that none of the volunteer leaders can read a statement of financial position (balance sheet in the for-profit world) or an income statement; after I explained how to read the financial reports we provide them, they seemed to understand a bit better that we're managing the organization quite well, thank you. Still, it will be awhile before I know whether things are really on the road to being tolerable.
It can pay to know the rules of your frequent flyer program, or I assume it can pay. I don't know them well. I flew on American Airlines to London, then British Airways from London to Moscow. I assumed that, since BA is part of the "One World Alliance," I would get credited for actual miles for the London-Moscow segments. Not so. Not in riff-raff, economy ticket, class, anyway.
The AA/BA rules allowed me to earn only 25% of the actual miles between London and Moscow and return. I bought an "L" fare ticket, which the airlines apparently find almost as offensive as flying 'stow-away.' Such a ticket is treated by the airlines as only slightly more valuable than used chewing gum. My lengthy flights from Dallas to Moscow and return ultimately gave me only approximately 10,200 miles' credit on my frequent flyer account. Unless some unexpected trips come up between now and the end of the year, I'll probably lose my Advantage Gold status. Oh, well, it doesn't seem to do me any good, anyway. I'd rather lose my Gold status than have to travel any more. Business travel was fun for awhile, early in my career, but now it is tolerated only to keep clients.
The weather forecast calls for very warm nights and even warmer days for the next week or so. Maybe I can convince myself to go out for an early morning walk tomorrow morning anyway. I miss hearing birds chirp. I need to go outdoors more.
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