Today in the middle of a yoga class, I sat down on my mat and started crying. Big wet tears running down my face, my body was overriding my brain. I don’t like crying in public. I don’t mind crying – it can be cathartic – but I don’t like crying in front of other people. …
“We’re holding it together with chewing gum and string.” That’s a phrase I remember learning (and liking the sound of) when I was younger. As I continued to grow professionally, I realized that wasn’t necessarily the best way to live all the time but as road warriors, we often learn to “patch this” or “trick…
Its a rainy Sunday which means lazy blogging time on the media room sofa here at the homestead – perfect for catching up on my weekly update. Its too wet and stormy to be on either of the porches so I’m curled up under a blanket with my tea and enjoying a bit of downtime…
It finally feels like spring around here – the birds are out, there are ladybugs in the garden, and I can feel my sinuses pressing on the back of my eyeballs. Ah, spring at the homestead is what this weekly update is all about! Spring usually also means the wrap up of all the projects I…
I’m back… or rather, my online presence is. While I have been here and as busy as ever, my digital life has been cramped thanks to the health of not one but BOTH of my personal computers. First my Mac decided to go into critical care mode just as I was working on my taxes. (Not…
I have not been trapped under a large piece of furniture, contrary to what one might assume. Although if I were to be trapped under a large piece of furniture, I’d like to imagine it would be something ridiculously obscure like a sarcophagus or a pipe organ. I became slightly obsessed with the idea of…
Breathe. That’s the advice I give myself every morning when I wake up. It’s one thing I know I can do. I’ve been lax in posting the past couple of weeks as I’ve made a major career shift and I’m anticipating a couple of months in the weeds as I wind down my old practice…
Its the end of the first weekend of March Madness. My bracket is still fairly intact except for Kansas. (Rock Chalk Jayhawk was not giving me any love today!) And that’s just the beginning of the weekly update. I’m one week down in my new position at a new firm and settling in nicely. I…
It’s almost spring here around the Jetsetter’s Homestead. This past week was another week on the road doing site work followed by a weekend of spring cleaning at home. I’ve been getting things in order because I start working for a new firm tomorrow… my first time in twenty years to start somewhere new as…
Oh what a week it has been! I have enjoyed my featured slot on BoardingArea. I write in real-time and my plan for the week originally was to spend some time recapping normal travel things (more dispatches from my extended Indonesian trip, solo cruising, a side-by-side comparison of Delta/American in 2015, and perhaps even a little…
Let me get this right out there – I live in Texas for a reason. Easy access to anywhere in the US, proximity to family, my beautiful hometown of Fort Worth, and occasionally great weather. But a few times a year I begin to question my decision when the weather gets yucky. I am usually above going…
Greetings from the Hyatt Regency DFW where I’m waiting out the impending ice storm. I’m due to fly to Buffalo tomorrow (insert “out of frying pan, into fire” style comment here) and know better than to try to drive in Texas when this stuff hits. So I’m camped out watching the Oscars and hoping that…