Africa, here we come
I’ve traveled quite a few places this year, but tomorrow begins a new adventure I’m very excited about: a trip to Africa. It’s going to be mostly business, although Megan’s coming along and we should have a free day or two in between long work sessions.
It’s funny how so many people have said things to me lately like “do you know how lucky you are to get to travel so much?” Yes, it’s sort of cool sometimes, but if you’ve ever spent more time out of your home country than in it over a period of a few weeks or months, you know that it’s not all fun photo ops, cultural adventures, and fancy restaurants.
It is simply unbelievable to me how far behind I am on so many things at home and work, and how many things are piling up and not getting done. And just trying to handle the most important stuff before leaving on another trip is a 12-hour-a-day job. Megan and I were both at work until after midnight tonight, and now we’re home and have much to do before our flight in a few hours. The last weekend we had together here in Seattle was April 21-22, and the next one will be July 7-8. (And I’ll probably be working a bunch that weekend to prepare for an event I’m traveling to a few days later.) Before you say “I wish I had your job,” think about what you’re asking for. 
Anyway, no time to ramble on but I wanted to let everyone know where we’re headed. I’ll post photos and stories as things progress … don’t want to give away anything yet. Well, we’re starting here: the Norfolk is the next place we’ll get a good night’s sleep. Can’t wait for that!
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on May 25, 2007 at 9:41 pm Tom wrote:
I wish I’d known — there’s a great Fletch book by Gregory McDonald (before you say it, the Chevy Chase movies do the books no justice whatsoever) about Kenya. It’s called Fletch, Too. It’s set almost entirely in and around Nairobi, and is one of my favorite books. Let me know when you’ll be back and I’ll arrange for a copy to be waiting for you.