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What’s been going on lately?

That story I submitted to the “…from a Backback” series got accepted for publication last week. I posted the story on this website August 29, 2004……I thought I was slow. That’s almost two years. Not a high priority I guess.

I went to Orlando with work the other day. All we did was work and eat lavish meals. I didn’t see anything of the city, stayed in one of those business traveler hotels (Hilton Garden). That’s the first real glimpse I’ve ever gotten of the traveling consultant lifestyle.

I think I could do it….except for the food. All we did was eat and schmooze with the client. I still feel fat from dinner on Tuesday night.

Speaking of being fat, I am “trying” to lose a few pounds, or at least not to gain a few more, and I find it is hard to do. I cannot control very well how much I eat. If I push back from the table…I just get hungry earlier and have to snack between meals. I don’t accept losing weight if it means going around hungry all the time.

Exercise is something I am better with. I can generally motivate myself to go do something cardiovascular. Its just that work makes me so tired. I guess that is everyone’s excuse.

My life is very predictable right now. I do the same things often and have thus far not really gotten tired of them. I really do benefit everyday from all those years of travel though. I don’t have to play the game in my head of “I wish I had done….” or “I would be happier if only…”. I did all those things. The grass is not always greener somewhere else….the grass is just different.

I wouldn’t be comfortable with that though if I didn’t know firsthand.

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