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Chick Ludwig covers the Cincinnati Bengals. He also writes about his other passions: college football, basketball and golf.Home > Blogs > Chick Ludwig At Large > Archives > 2008 > October > 07 > Entry
Finally … A warm shower
ANYBODY UP FOR A
JOB SWAP? PREPARE
FOR ARMAGEDDON
It took 24 hours, but I finally got what I wanted:
A warm shower.
As I was preparing to leave my room at the Dallas Marriott Las Colinas for Texas Stadium on Sunday afternoon, a piece of paper was slipped under the door.
I LAUGHED … THEN CRIED.
“We are writing to notify you that the City of Irving will be shutting off the water from 10:30 p.m. (Sunday) to 6 a.m. (Monday) in our area to perform necessary maintenance. As a result, our hotel will be without water during these hours.
“While this isn’t our choice, they were able to schedule after hours execution of this maintenance to reduce the impact of our guests’ needs.
“This will require that we close our food & beverage outlets at 10:30 p.m.
“We will have complimentary bottled water available upon request. We do have beverage vending machines on each floor and will have extra sandwiches prepared for any requests after this time.”
In a nutshell, here’s how my day went:
Bengals choke and lose to the Cowboys, 31-22; The Chickster writes three stories (deadlines 9 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.; I race back to the hotel, fire up the TV and — just after Ben Roethlisberger’s TD pass to Hines Ward — I jump in the shower, which is COLD — and towel off by the 10:30 deadline. (Remember, I’m on Central time in Dallas.)
Sure enough, the water is turned off.
Up at 5 a.m. for my 8:35 flight out of DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport), I use bottled water to (a) make coffee, (b) brush my teeth and (c) rinse off my toothbrush.
By the time I arrive home at The Miamisburg War Room, I have just enough time to let the dog out and race to The ‘Nati for head coach Marvin Lewis’ Monday news conference at 3 p.m. Eastern.
I finally get my warm shower, 24 hours after my cold shower.
Oh, the joys and perils of travel.
Covering the Cincinnati Bengals just might kill me.
But I will die happy, doing what I love.
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By gln
October 7, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this
wait a minute right there, buster. i thought flying around the country covering big time sports was the greatest job in the world. hmmmm.By ChicksaDick
October 8, 2008 7:23 PM | Link to this
Though life DChick, Ill cover for you anyday…. azzhole