Signs of Spring, Travel, and A Random Thought

There are signs of Spring everywhere in Texas. The blue bonnets have started to bloom on the roadsides, the wisteria is in full bloom, and my oak trees are starting their annual yucky green pollen shed.

I'm getting that illogical urge to start buying plants for the backyard I won't see all summer (since I'll move to Minnesota end of April). The temps are in the mid-70's, and just perfect for yardwork.




I've been traveling a fair bit this month. First up, Miami, where the weather was chilly and windy, I held a snake, and spent a week staying up way too late drinking with customers. There's a whole post about it further down.


6 days home, then off to Bangkok, where the weather was HOT and humid, I bought a beautiful sapphire bracelet, and spent a week staying up way too late drinking with customers.



Here, a customer from Belarus is trying to convince me to drink vodka with him. We were in Patpong, the red light district of Bangkok, sitting at an outdoor bar. It was at least midnight, and the temps were still in the 90's. You'll notice that my hair is curly - my flat iron didn't work, and I gave in to the curl all week.



Finally, on my way home to Texas I stopped in San Francisco, where the weather was just perfect, I never left the hotel except to go to meetings (and once for supper), and slept 14 hours Saturday night trying to recover from horrible jet lag.

Monday night I flew the last leg of my journey, and I came home to a clean house (thank you Alicia). My cats were happy to see me and well taken care of (thank you Kathi).

Natasha Richardson died from hitting her head on a bunny slope. I didn't die from hitting my head on a driveway slope. Go figure. That's my random thought.