It’s what happens when you go to a place you don’t know and discover things you never considered along the way. Those “unknown unknowns” they teach you about in project management class.
Category: Personal
NZ Day 24: Home
It’s now 2200/10pm on the 22nd of December. Which is weird, because my flight left Auckland at 2300/11pm, which the clock on my computer tells me is about an hour from now. I’m confused.
NZ Misc.: Christmas in NZ
It’s not that people aren’t celebrating. It’s that the months-long retail and media hysteria that occupy us in the US just isn’t here.
NZ Misc.: Sandfly bite update
I hate the little buggers. 3 days later the backs of my hands and my ankles still look like I’ve got some kind of tropical disease.
NZ Day 1: Christchurch
Arrived in Christchurch on Wednesday mid-day, after a delayed departure from LAX that meant a rebooking on the next connecting flight from Auckland.
Why so reluctant?
In the past few years I’ve adventured less. I’ve let myself become consumed with worries about work, career, whether the cats would do OK while I was gone and many other things.