Out and about in the wilderness of Life » 2006/10 – Road to China

Update from China

Administrator — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 17:42:03 +0000

Okay, so I have been gone a week but have not done any updates. Fact is I have had my days and nights packed the entire time. And since it costs to blog from my phone (breaking that rule this once) I have been trying to find a cyber cafe with no luck so far. But I have tons of photos and have been keeping a journal longhand on the trip. So when the opportunity comes I will update the whole trip. Until then I am doing great and having a blast.

Goodbye Virginia

Administrator — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:18:04 +0000

Woke up at a lovely 3:30am today. Barely 4 hours of sleep since my mind was racing with thoughts of the trip. I was already packed from last night, so all I had were my bathroom duties and feeding Saki before I left the house.
Jim met me at work all bleary eyed but shortly afterward we were at the airport and he was heading back home to bed. Dulles was already brimming with activity at 5am, even on a Saturday they remain busy all the time. Being a frequent traveler I breezed through security and made it to my flight to Newark.
Couple of pics from the plane including a hazy Potomac valley. This will be my last blog from my phone till the next time I am in Newark, in 14 days. From now on I will post whenever I find an internet connection.

All packed…where is that sandman?

treojohnny — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 01:14:32 +0000

All packed up, and at the moment, no place to go. I really should get a
little shut eye before my early morning call to arms, but the sandman is
no where in sight and frankly todays events have left me wired and
un-nerved. Our supreme leader at work decided to drop everyone a note
talking about the impending layoffs and just what the seperation package
would include, based on your level in the company. This of course sent an
already nervous work place into a frenzy. See, I promised myself I would
not check my work mail today…and I didn’t. But that didn’t stop people
at work from telling me all about this scare-gram.
In just about 7 hours I get on a plane for a country where I don’t speak a
lick of language. Who knows what will happen here, and frankly I don’t
even want to think about it till I return in 2 weeks.

And so it begins

Administrator — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 04:32:03 +0000

After my long 15 hour day at work, my vacation to China is so needed. Problem is that after my long day I am to wired to think about sleep. I have all of Friday ahead of me with no plans but laundry, packing and forgetting all about work and the upcoming layoffs!