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Comrades,
Finally! I purchased my roundtrip airfare to Zurich, Switzerland, to see a little bit of South-Central Europe this fall. I'll be gone August 29 - September 18.
Definite destinations:
Possible destinations:
Also, I'm making my first trip to Boston May 22-25 (woo hoo!) for work (boo hoo!).
Sincerely stoked,
Paolo, World Traveler Ph.D.
In case you were too busy text messaging to notice, Gov. Christine Gregoire signed the nation's first law on Friday to ban DWT -- driving while texting.
According to the NY Times article, "Mobile texters in the United States sent 158 billion messages last year, up 95 percent from 2005." (Nina, Sergio and Courtney are reportedly responsible for nearly 1 billion of these. ) That's a lot of text messaging, and certainly more than a few of these occurred while driving.
As many of you now shiver with remorse, gladly willing to trade in your driver's license before your phones, fear not. It's a weak law. DWT is only a secondary offense, meaning that the police cannot pull you over for DWT, but they can give drivers tickets if they have already committed another traffic offense. So don't run a stop sign while texting, OK?
Lastly, the fine for DWT is only $101. Hell, I know Shelter girls who pay more than that a month for just for bouncing checks.
Today, I vicariously received my MBA from the University of Montana (via Scott). The ceremony was beautiful. I wish you could have all been there to celebrate with me.
I have so many people to thank. First, I'd like to thank Scott for attending all the classes for me, paying tuition and getting a start on all of my papers for me. I'd like to thank my family and friends for their support. I'd also like to thank the wives for putting up with me during those stressful times over the course of the last year.
Finally, I'm finished with school. Watch out world, here I come.
God, I love Fridays at work.