Heard about this blog via the lovely Erica, and since I wonder if I have enough local friends (and, obviously moving, the answer will once again be no) seemed like the book (Amazon) would be just the thing for one of the many, many long haul flights I'm taking. I really enjoyed it, very honest and funny. ...
For someone who seems to have an incurable fear of forms, I move too often. There is nothing I have found so far that has more bureaucracy than moving, especially if that move requires you to obtain a visa. Dealing with the logistics is time-consuming and stressful, but not hard. Dispose of assets: car (the last tie to ...
Last year, I gave a lot of talks. I averaged about one a month, but it wasn't spread out evenly. In October, I gave four talks. And then I stopped, and since then I've been putting off talks I intended to say yes to, or just outright saying no (I know, unlike me). There were ...
On a recent Monday morning, I was barely awake and not keen to get up, I thought, "wow, I feel terrible. Why do I feel so terrible?" And a little voice in my head answered, "it's because you flew economy on Friday". And then I hated myself. I mean, sure, if I'd flown economy from Europe or ...
It's weird being single again. When things weren't great, when I wasn't happy - when I didn't think things would work out, I never thought ahead to this point. Saturday night with nothing to do. Putting a friend down as my emergency contact on a form. It's good. I'm not down about it. I was at ...
A couple of weeks ago, I got an email from a friend about a project she's involved in. She was looking for me to share my "inspiring story" on being a technical woman. I said no. Said, got nothing inspiring to say right now. Can't. Do. It. And she gave me a pep talk, and I thought ...
Excellent brunch with @write_girl and @ericarw! Thanks for hanging out <3 # atypical sunday for me: brunch with @ericarw @write_girl, bootcamp with @Krajewski83, cooking, working all day. 3 of these are good things. # Somehow @melissabernais got me the perfect gift, despite having no idea what was going on <3 http://t.co/K1AepfRd # What to wear ...
Can't wait to take that boat! Falls are magnificent, can't believe I didn't come sooner. [pic]: http://t.co/QACfaY6y # "It's hot living in a plastic bag" http://t.co/HLrTny7N # Pictures from Maid Of The Mist - So awesome! [pic]: http://t.co/45PC1JML # Amazing time with Leslie today at Niagra falls! Pictures: http://t.co/QACfaY6y # It's 1:30am and I'm getting ...
Travel gives me a lot of time to think, the planes, the airports, the queues. And the jetlag - there's no lonelier time than four in the morning, wherever you happen to be. Probably clear from my last post that I've had a lot to think about, lately. Still going to have to be enigmatic and elusive (sorry!), ...
adventures, chaos, life, loss, travel
Hot chocolate after a crazy speed boat ride! Perfect! (@ Café Sydney w/ 7 others) [pic]: http://t.co/URb2LYES # Can't believe it's my last weekend in Sydney! Will be so sad to leave Michael and @tammypetro. When life is chaotic, good friends are gold. # Yes! Solved the issue from last week that was causing multiple ...
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