I made it back from Dreamforce safely in one piece. It was a surreal experience being there and seeing the sea of folks in attendance. I worked three different shifts during my time there. They were long but I pushed through each of them. For the most part they were fun, even though there was one shift if I had to do it over again I would not choose. My fellow volunteers in that shift were extremely rude and made me feel unwelcome. The only thing that got me through it were a couple of nice guys from other booths nearby that took pity on me and came to talk to me and made me more comfortable. To top it off one of those volunteers wanted me to snap a group picture of them. After I took the photo, a customer expressed how it was terrible that I made to be left out of the photo. At first I was trying to diffuse him but the customer was right. He saw what they did was wrong and wanted to speak up on it. The final kicker was that two of the folks came up and proceeded to stand by me and talk to each other without even acknowledging I was there. Luckily it was quitting time and I just rolled my eyes and walked away. I was glad that nightmare was over.
My hotel was about an hour away from the Moscone Convention Center where Dreamforce was being held. Day 1 I took the shuttle to the airport and then the BART from the airport to a stop near the convention. Day 2 I actually had a good Samaritan take me there via his Uber free of charge. Day 3 I got my own Lyft to go to the event.
It took me some time to figure out where my manager and my other teammates were at different points of the conference. At the end of each conference day we commuted back to our local office. On the first night there was an afterparty event not far from the convention center. My co-workers and I danced the evening away. I hadn't danced like that in years and I felt every bit of body ache the next two days.
The second night there was a concert at the Oracle Park stadium headlined by the artist Pink. The crowd was insane though so it was hard to really enjoy it but it was nice to see her perform. We left a little early to try and beat the crowd though a lot of folks opted to do the same.
The third night my manager's boss hosted a dinner at his family's home outside of Oakland, CA. It was a nice estate that of course I had to look up on Zillow. It's current net worth was around $3.7 million dollars. Someone's living large.
Needless to say with all the late nights, I literally was getting about 3 hours of sleep. By the third day I felt myself getting a cold. By the time I got home Friday I had a sore throat and spent the weekend trying to recover from it.
In health news I was happy to see that my PSA and A1C numbers were pretty good. I also visited the dentist in recent weeks and unfortunately they found a huge cavity in my lower right molar which required a crown. It took a few visits but I had the crown placed earlier this week. Unfortunately I have extreme sensitivity in that area when drinking something cold. But I'm hoping it'll get better. I have to go back to the dentist again mid-October to repair some old fillings in my lower right jaw that have worn out. It's my first time since 2020 that I've been to the dentist so I was overdue.
Dom and I have plans to go to Reston, VA for a doll convention he wanted to go to late October. Eugene also wanted me to visit him in October to watch the new Joker movie that's coming out. I'll have to see if I'm able to or not.
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