Vancouver is a beautiful city, even if we were too busy to really enjoy it much. However, we DID spend a ridiculous amount of money eating out, not to mention our hotel, The Opus Hotel, was pretty cool.

It was a bit exhausting directing people for 5 days on top of the constant bitching and moaning by my animation lead about how bad things are with our current project and the studio culture. I know that Quality of life isn't very good in the games industry, which is primarily why I'm looking to get my MBA, but man…listening to the complaints for an entire week can just bring anyone down. Add to that my propensity to get anxious and depressed pretty easily, it was a bit of a challenge to stay positive all week.

Anyway, we had some great dinners at Tojos, Bluewater Cafe, and Kobe Restaurant. We also dined at a bunch of local places that were terrific. I mainly ate seafood and sushi since the quality of fish in Chicago just isn't as good as that found on the west coast. And I drank…a lot. Lots of “girlie drinks” as the guys would say it, though I'd have to admit they were VERY tasty drinks.

I'm really glad to be back though, and I have a lot coming up shortly that I need to focus on…my GMAT prep classes, the move, and prepping for the trip to summer camp. I'm looking forward to getting into the new place and heading out for my vacation…not looking forward to the GMAT, which I think might have to wait till after summer camp since I haven't really had the time to put into studying due to my workload. I'm gonna try to refocus efforts, though, and catch up.