Now that I’m back from my travels to Seattle, I’m realizing that I have a lot of other trips I need to plan for over the next 2 months. I suppose I wasn’t thinking through it all when I committed to all of these things, but as long as I can avoid missing too much work, I think I’ll be okay.

April 1-5th - Santa Clara… for a dear friend’s wedding and general visiting with people I love and places I miss.

April 18-20th - Las Vegas… I have tickets for a show on the evening of the 19th with friends from Waco. I’m trying to figure out how to get back Monday morning so I can still work a 1/2 day. It’s not seeming very feasible.

April 24-26th - Columbus… Conrad girl’s weekend with my mother and my sister-in-laws. I need to make this work, but flights have gotten pretty expensive (why, oh why didn’t I book when it was $205 RT??). I’m thinking I might have earned enough miles on Continental to be able to book that way by then… and I really wish I could take more time off and spend it with friends in Columbus, but that’s not looking likely since April is the season of bringing candidates to campus, and I need to present for all of that.

April 30th - May 3rd … Over the Rhine plays in Texas… Dallas, Houston, Austin… trying to figure out how to swing a weekend with people to see the shows.

[I’m thinking my tax return isn’t going to be going to a new TV any longer… bigger fish to fry, so to speak.]