So it looks like I have to be in Chicago the wednesday-friday before Rocktoberfest for my company's international sales meeting. I wasn't gonna go, and my boss knew this, but a bunch of people higher than him scheduled me in to lead a bunch of 'important' presentations anyway. I guess that's what happens when you're not just an entry-level peon anymore.
I'd be more pissed if I was realistically going to have the new rig done by then, but if I'm stuck going to this thing then I might as well get something out of it...both advancing my own position in the company and getting a few nice free meals and bar tabs.
So I guess I'll be landing back in NJ at ~6 PM on Friday and cannonballing up to F&F from there. ETA around 11 PM or so. For now anyway.