Rebirth!

Hey guess what!  I'm back!  With two whole years since I returned from Costa Rica with nary an international trip in the duration, the wanderlust has struck hard and I'm finally able to satisfy it.  Nick and I leave today for a summer long trip to Paris.  He will be working at his company's Paris office, training up some fresh, Parisian, software newbies and I will be spending my time in any and all adventures that I can stumble upon.

The great part about it all?  We're renting a large apartment (we have to have options to put up other coworkers who come to visit) in the center of Paris and food, lodging and transportation are all on the company's dime.  For both of us.  I don't know how I got this lucky, but I plan to thoroughly enjoy it.

We're currently sitting in Sea-Tac, staring out the window at the fog as it sucks up each departing airplane, while we await a delayed flight.  As we attempted to log in to those handy-dandy, self-check-in kiosks, they informed us that our "original flight was delayed," and we would "miss our connecting flight."  These cheerful salutations were followed by that inspiring statement, "all flights are booked for today and tomorrow."  Luckily, with the assistance of a very accommodating airline rep (whose help we may have gotten illicitly by inadvertently stepping around the long, agitated line for "Additional Services") we seem to be all set up.  Here's hoping it's all smooth sailing from here.  I can handle a lot of unexpected travel inconveniences, but air travel is my least favorite category.

For now, I'm signing off to better observe the immense grayness that is the Seattle sky, but look for adventure updates and stories as I try to overcome Spanish vowels and trilled Rs in favor of speaking eloquently through my nose.