Ketchup Tomorrow; Relish Today

I have returned once again from another fantastic trip. Sometimes I sit back and wonder, is this really my life? That I can be in a different country every two weeks and have come to think of anything less as a sacrifice? That I can sometimes wake up in the middle of the night and have NO idea where I am?? That one poses a problem sometimes.

However, as I have written a rather long email about it I will simply report on the trip to Portugal as amazing. I wish I could have stayed longer; I wish I could stay indefinitely. It was so beautiful, and I loved being with my new friends there - I hope to see them more, and I wish them the best of everything in their upcoming nuptials.

I returned to The Hague to mounds of stuff. Quel surprise. 105 IPSF emails. 68 FIP emails. It is Teresa's last day in the office tomorrow - how on EARTH am I going to know what to do NOW? Lord help my poor broken body when I feel the need to throw myself down the stairs at the end of the week.

Okay, just focus. It will all bode well. I have helpful colleagues and am now premitted to WORK AND LIVE in EUROPE! The dream incarnate, as I like to say. So not only can I live without fear that I will be deported but I can actually make a living.

SO, I will NOT feel bad about taking a couple days off for Portugal, or the conference in Rio, or to Scotland, or wherever. I'll catch up tomorrow, and relish today.