Finally

It was bound to happen one of these days, BA finally gave me an upgrade. I know I shouldn't complain with an upgrade but I will. I have a window seat and not an aisle and I was only upgraded to world traveller plus not club. I know poor me.

Allergic to the US

All these years I thought I had allergies to pollen and animals and all other stuff. Turns out I'm just allergic to the United States. My allergies haven't bothered me at all since I moved to London, I'm back in the US for a week and they're going crazy. I'm sneezing left and right my sinuses are all congested, my eyes are itchy - I feel just swell. Luckily I was able to snag some allergy medicine - problem is it's not the non-drowsy kind so I'm very, very sleepy right now zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Oops I fell asleep on the keyboard I'm awake now and going back to work.

Invisibile Kangaroo on a Plane

Apologies for the delay in getting this photo posted. Ike had his first ever plane trip last week when I went to Norway. I was very lucky that the flight was empty and Ike was able to get his own seat (more importantly I didn't get strange looks while taking this photo).

I Get Around

Three times this week I've had somebody say to me something along the lines of "you really get around." All 3 of them men and as soon as they said it they have suddenly looked a little embarrassed or commented on their poor choice of words. I'm the first person to admit that I do travel a bit more than the average person. So far this year I've been to 19 different cities some more than once, 10 countries, and 3 continents. It looks like I will break last years record of 24 different cities. Coming up later this month I'm going to see how many states I can visit in a 7 day period, it will be at least 4 possibly more stay tuned.

Phone Lines are Now Closed

The name the bear competition is officially closed and I am pleased to announce we have a winner. Introducing... Ike (short for Invisible Kangaroo). Ike is heading on his first plane ride this evening- we're off to Norway for the day.

My New Travel Companion

I get very lonely when I travel sometimes so I bought a friend today that can keep me company on the road and pose in my photos. The problem is I now need to come up with a name for my travel companion so I am launching a competition to come up with a name. The winner gets the satisfaction of knowing they are more creative than I am.

Where Am I?

I'm in Ireland this week but you wouldn't think that based on the following pictures.

Not exactly sure why Google thought I was in Germany could be the ISP at the hotel is routing from Belfast to Germany - that makes perfect sense to me.

Spent the day in Dublin on Monday and took one of those hop-on hop-off buses around town, as we were rounding a corner the American flag caught my eye it was only a few seconds later that I saw the BC flag. I told my co-worker that we had to get off so I could get a picture. It's not often you encounter a flag from your alma mater in a foreign country.