I reached Norfolk today and had such a busy day doing CIs, prototype walkthroughs. But I got to visit a Navy base (escorted with a few gentlemen of course) with my team and we observed users. Afterwards, they drove us around the base to see the view of the and airplane carriers and the destroyers.

But the best part of this trip is the hotel. Superficiality aside, our room is nice!!! Equipped with wireless internet, an arm chair, a tv (that we didn\’t use), two phones (one cordless), a safe, coffee maker and refrigerator. And a \”board room\” downstairs (which we used as our meeting room, complimentary breakfast, swimming pool and a non-working spa. Also cookies for snacks. Ok, so this is probably typical of most hotels but I haven\’t done a nice one for awhile…

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So someone told me once when she saw me upset, \”Do whatever you do that makes you feel better.\”

And at that moment, it was strange to realize what I usually did. When upset, I naturally just gravitate toward the anonymous world of the Internet. At the moment, I realized that I went online…wrote out what I thought and felt to ease my own stress and pain. Then after that I would cruise through my usual listings of blogs and journals…trying to relive my friends\’ experiences. Then I would often read the journals of people I didn\’t respect (*cough*) and yes, I felt better from their pain. :) Even if we don\’t want to admit it, we can believe at least that\’s not me!