I got to go on an awesome travel junket on Wednesday. I didn't think that a junior associate in a corporate law firm would get to do any travel, it seems I was wrong.

Even though we had a massive deal closing on Friday, work has been a little slow lately. As such, I was updated my Facebook profile at work when I received an email from my supervising partner.

The partners email was brief, witty and pertinent. Well, maybe not witty, it read: "I may need you to go to fly interstate tomorrow to collect some documents. Check with me this afternoon."

Shortly after lunch the partner decided that I needed to fly that night, stay over night and fly back to work in the morning. I am glad that I have no life to speak of. If I had made plans for Wednesday night, I would have had to cancel them.

It is all very strange, flying me interstate seems to be the most inefficient way of transporting documents. The whole process would have been amazingly expensive for the client, with the cost of flying me interstate, putting me up in the Crown Hotel, paying for my meals and taxis, not to mention the cost of my time (I was billing the client for the whole trip). I imagine that a premium insured express courier service would have cost about half the price.

I thought it was best not to raise this point with the partner, and the Crown Hotel was just as lovely as I had hoped.

Everyone I have spoken to subsequently agrees that a courier would have been much cheaper and far more reliable. In my opinion, trusting me with a briefcase of documents that are worth millions of dollars is perhaps the most stupid thing my law firm has ever done. It seems that the whole trip may have just been a junket, a kind of stunt to buy my loyalty to the firm.

I don't respond to stunts, if that's what it was. That said, I am very committed to working hard and doing my best to promote my wonderful firm.

The omelettes and French toast at the buffet breakfast were outstanding.