Saturday, November 10, 2007

Road warrior

It occurred to me last night on the train from New York to D.C. that I've racked up a decent number of travel miles this year. Maybe not so much for someone who travels regularly for work, but quite a few for the average person. Yesterday's trip falls into the Somewhat Silly category -- as opposed to personal or work -- as it struck me that I'd spent about six hours on the train and a few hundred dollars to go to the bank.

(Long story short: It was a transaction that had to take place in person, and this particular bank's closest location was in New York.)

So -- not that you're terribly interested, but more for my amusement and personal informal recordkeeping -- is what I've been up to this year:

JANUARY
  • In Ithaca for New Year's
  • In Taiwan to visit family
  • In Ithaca to visit friends
FEBRUARY
  • In Portland for an Oscars party (this being the other trip that falls into the Slightly Silly category)
MARCH
  • Job interview in D.C.
  • Visiting Ithaca again
APRIL
  • Another job interview in D.C.
  • Conference in Miami
MAY
  • Vacation in Portland
  • Catching up with friends in New York
  • Move from Connecticut to D.C.
JUNE
  • Teaching in South Dakota
  • Vacation in Ithaca
AUGUST
  • Consulting trip to Florida (And, yes, it was a surprise to me anyone thought I had something interesting to say.)
SEPTEMBER
  • In Ithaca yet again
OCTOBER
  • Vacation in San Francisco and Portland
NOVEMBER
  • Banking in NYC
So, if you're keeping score, that's about 40,000 air miles and a few thousand by car.

No wonder I'm tired.

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