So after eating only breakfast all day I arrived in jfk for my flight to Kiev. Jfk is essentially the airport that most visitors to the USA fly through. Considering this, I figured I would be able to find something decent to eat at the terminal.
After just four places to eat before security I asked someone from tsa if there was more food past security and he told me there wasn't. So, to all of the people who visit our great land and then leave, we offer them the following choices of food:
McDonalds
Sabarro
A coffee shop/deli
A bar
I ended up eating the exact same two slices of pizza I got in charlotte. Nothing like NY pizza.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
...And away we go...
.......weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...............
11 hours to go
I leave in 11 hours. There is a long list of things I should be doing right now, and laying in bed isn't one of them.
I had a rather long day - especially considering I didn't plan on doing much more than laundry and taking a long nap to try to start messing with my body clock. I spent probably 4 hours at the CDC office today dealing with some paperwork, contracts, debriefings, and other stuff. By the time I got home I took a short nap and then started getting ready to go to dinner. Alma and I went out and got some food at a restaurant that thought it was fancier than it was. Clearly I wasn't the only one who thought this since Alma even said the food wasn't that great.
After getting home, I downloaded lost, started my laundry, watched lost, folded my clothes, and am now in bed. My shuttle for the airport comes at 11:38 so I will plan on being downstairs and ready to checkout by 11:15. Between now and then I need to repack my 3 suitcases and carry on. Also, I need to figure out where I plan on hiding all of my cash. Due to having some things that need to be paid for upfront, I will be traveling with a rather sizable stack of greenbacks tomorrow. However, I'm not entirely worried about that. The fact that I will have 2 computers with me has me slightly worried since I think if someone feels the need to go through my stuff they may give me a problem.
Something else I was supposed to do today (but didn't) was learn some simple (but important) Russian vocab. Mainly essential things like: Do you speak English, where is the bathroom, and would you like fries with that? I also need to find my ticket in my email and print it off.
At the moment I'm not sure when I'm going to do any of these things. Part of me wants to stay up considerably late and deprive myself of sleep so that I can start adjusting to the 7 hour time difference ahead. Another part just wants to go to sleep and get up really early for a similar effect. Oh yeah, there's also the part that wants to just sleep until 8 and do everything in the morning. If I packed up everything I had in Knoxville to my car in 3 hours, certainly I should be able to do everything in 2 here.
I wish I had taken more time to see some of DC, but quite frankly the only free time I had was at night. I did take one run around town and run a circle around the White House. I've also gotten a fairly good look around the metro system here.
I had a rather long day - especially considering I didn't plan on doing much more than laundry and taking a long nap to try to start messing with my body clock. I spent probably 4 hours at the CDC office today dealing with some paperwork, contracts, debriefings, and other stuff. By the time I got home I took a short nap and then started getting ready to go to dinner. Alma and I went out and got some food at a restaurant that thought it was fancier than it was. Clearly I wasn't the only one who thought this since Alma even said the food wasn't that great.
After getting home, I downloaded lost, started my laundry, watched lost, folded my clothes, and am now in bed. My shuttle for the airport comes at 11:38 so I will plan on being downstairs and ready to checkout by 11:15. Between now and then I need to repack my 3 suitcases and carry on. Also, I need to figure out where I plan on hiding all of my cash. Due to having some things that need to be paid for upfront, I will be traveling with a rather sizable stack of greenbacks tomorrow. However, I'm not entirely worried about that. The fact that I will have 2 computers with me has me slightly worried since I think if someone feels the need to go through my stuff they may give me a problem.
Something else I was supposed to do today (but didn't) was learn some simple (but important) Russian vocab. Mainly essential things like: Do you speak English, where is the bathroom, and would you like fries with that? I also need to find my ticket in my email and print it off.
At the moment I'm not sure when I'm going to do any of these things. Part of me wants to stay up considerably late and deprive myself of sleep so that I can start adjusting to the 7 hour time difference ahead. Another part just wants to go to sleep and get up really early for a similar effect. Oh yeah, there's also the part that wants to just sleep until 8 and do everything in the morning. If I packed up everything I had in Knoxville to my car in 3 hours, certainly I should be able to do everything in 2 here.
I wish I had taken more time to see some of DC, but quite frankly the only free time I had was at night. I did take one run around town and run a circle around the White House. I've also gotten a fairly good look around the metro system here.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
You should save sick days until atleast your second week
After eating my dinner i went to a coffee shop and studied Russian for a few hours. Afterwards I went home and watched Heroes and 24 before going to bed. I woke up a few times during the night (not uncommon considering these beds) and didn't feel great. In the morning when I got up to shower I knew something was wrong. Apparently my body didn't agree with my food, or something else was going on.
I fought through it and tried to go to my meetings today. Between the cold sweats in the metro, going to the bathroom about 5 times in a 2 hour period, and the fact that I looked pretty pale - one of the ladies I was meeting with told me that it would be better if we wrap things up and I get home. I felt bad about it and wanted to keep going, but I really couldn't argue with her. So, I took a taxi home and basically slept all day today. I feel better but have a terrible headache. Finally, as a result of the sleeping and laying around all day - it's not 10:35 and I'm not tired at all.
I fought through it and tried to go to my meetings today. Between the cold sweats in the metro, going to the bathroom about 5 times in a 2 hour period, and the fact that I looked pretty pale - one of the ladies I was meeting with told me that it would be better if we wrap things up and I get home. I felt bad about it and wanted to keep going, but I really couldn't argue with her. So, I took a taxi home and basically slept all day today. I feel better but have a terrible headache. Finally, as a result of the sleeping and laying around all day - it's not 10:35 and I'm not tired at all.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Dinner
So I'm at an Indian restaraunt for dinner. It was the first thing that looked good that was close to the coffee shop I'm going to tonight. My meetings today ran about two hours over so I'm more worn out than I expected. Somehow I'm going to find the energy to study russian and look more into the work I am doing. I need to do some research on methods to determine sustainability and come up with a plan to measure and evaluate it. I will probably watch heroes at the coffee shop , but if I don't I will download it before I leave.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Needed some spice in my life
Spices to be exact. Made chili and some nachos tonight but both were pretty bland since the only seasoning I had was the pepper I stole from a restaurant earlier in the day. I didn't take the entire pepper shaker, just a napkins worth that I put in my back pocket. Game was pretty bland too with every call going against the Cardinals.
I have my first day of big-kid work in the morning. I have to go meet with my 'client' at 930 in the morning. I'm a little worried about the fact that I am meeting one of the MBAEC people at their office at 9, and then taking the metro to CRDF. Seems like 30 minutes will only be enough time if he's on time. I have possible sets of clothing laid out and will pick one in the morning.
Aus and Jessica took off today, leaving me the only one left in DC. I walked around town a ton today between meeting a few people, watching a rather short parade, and then walking back home. My guess is that I went atleast 5 miles today. Normally not a problem, but between being in new jeans that needed to be broken in, and having sore legs/feet from running the day before, it wasn't as pleasant as it should have been.
I have my first day of big-kid work in the morning. I have to go meet with my 'client' at 930 in the morning. I'm a little worried about the fact that I am meeting one of the MBAEC people at their office at 9, and then taking the metro to CRDF. Seems like 30 minutes will only be enough time if he's on time. I have possible sets of clothing laid out and will pick one in the morning.
Aus and Jessica took off today, leaving me the only one left in DC. I walked around town a ton today between meeting a few people, watching a rather short parade, and then walking back home. My guess is that I went atleast 5 miles today. Normally not a problem, but between being in new jeans that needed to be broken in, and having sore legs/feet from running the day before, it wasn't as pleasant as it should have been.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Did somebody call for a plumber?
somebody has their asscrack showing you have to take a picture ...or
atleast look.
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