Well, I leave for my Spring Break in about 10 hours. It’s morning right now and I’m trying to mentally get a picture of all the things that I need to do before I actually board the plane. I’ve been kind of lazy in my preparations and putting off some of the things that I usually do like cleaning the house or picking up things that I’ll need when I’m away. I think that it’s a short holiday has lulled me into a sense of security that I’ll get everything done today, it may prove to be a false sense of security though.
I am posting this entry to double-check my blog is working as it should. A few months ago, in Australia, I found out when I was actually there, that the blog wouldn’t allow me to add images to my posts… I don’t think that that will be a problem now, but I just wanted to make sure.
My flight leaves at 11pm and I arrive at Colombo, Sri Lanka at 4am.
This year’s guest speaker at AUD was Dennis Kuscinich. I’m not really a fan of his politics, but I am a fan of him. There are very few politicians that I believe are in Washington to actually make a difference and he is one of them. The other politician that I’d like to meet is Ron Paul. Both Paul and Kuscinich are hard working and passionate about their beliefs, so I was excited to meet Dennis the other day.
With the upcoming Summer break just around the corner, I’ve got to decide on where my destination will be. I had thought that I was going to stay in Dubai and get caught up on some work, but the closer I get to the break, the more unlikely it is that I’ll stay here for both months. I’ve been going through three possible trips. The first is Morocco to Spain and then Portugal. The second is Southern Africa, and the other is staying in Dubai. Well I think I’ve decided… it will be option 1, about three weeks in Morocco, and then to Spain for a week or two, then head to Portugal before heading either Dubai, or to the US for a week.
Well, my Winter break is coming to an end and this is the first time that I haven’t gone to some far and exotic destination in the last three years. There was a couple of reasons why I decided to take it easy and just hang out in the UAE. The first was that I just purchased a car from a coworker (who was moving to Australia) and the second was that I had expected to have my brother visit me. Though my roughly two weeks away from work was relaxing it wasn’t as exciting as I’ve become accustomed to, there wasn’t any backpacking to the next location, no uncertainty of the next hostel, and no seeing sights that I’ve always wanted to see.
So as I sit here this morning getting ready to get ready for work I realized that it’s been quite a while since I’ve added an entry into my blog. If nothing was going on, then “no big deal” but there have been some somewhat interesting things that have happened in the last few months. so might as well write something.
