Back from India

Well, I'm back. There was little time for anything extra so didn't get to blog except once on my travel blog. I'm not taking a class during my next trip so hopefully I'll have a bit of time to add tidbits as I'm traveling.

India was amazing. The people are so nice, the traffic is a nightmare, the food is delicious and the place just fascinated me. I only got to do sightseeing about 5 hours in Hyderabad and 4 hours in Delhi so I didn't get to see much. Next time I'm planning extra days to take in the sights and hopefully 5 - 7 days at the end to take in Goa and the Himalayans. Goa is considered the Cancun of India but I hear it's quieter than Cancun.

The trip was extremely stressful as I had not planned enough time there and was in class so I didn't get much sleep. The sleep depravation added to the stress and my not feeling very well. It appears I suffered from jet lag the whole trip. Yesterday I slept until noon and still didn't feel like I'd caught up on my sleep. Last night I was up late doing homework and catching up with everyone so only got around 7 1/2 hrs sleep but I'm beginning to feel human again!
Next trip is to the Philippines. I'm not sure what to expect but hopefully it will be as much fun as the India trip, plus I'm not in class so I hope to get sleep this time! I'm adding a few days to the trip so I will have enough time for the audits and maybe a few hours here and there to do a bit of sightseeing.

That's all for now...check out my travel blog for pics from the trip.

PS, It snowed here just before I left...I'm posting the pictures I took on my way to the airport.

Eee Gads, I'm freaking out!

Ok, maybe that's a tad bit on the dramatic side but in one week I'll be flying off to India! Yikes, am I ready for this? I hope so. I went to the store and spend gobs of money on the first aid s$#t that I hope I don't need. I'll stick to bottled water...unopened by the way...and hot, cooked food and should be ok. Oh, darn, I forgot bug spray! Crap, I'll need to go back to the store again tomorrow to pick some up. Going to get my hair dyed and cut sometime this week, gotta get the reports run and sent out, the other reports completed and ready for the audits...goodness gracious, it's going to be a stessful week.

I follow a bunch of blogs and have slowly been checking them out...the Daily Blonde is great and love her on Twitter. Another favorite is The Bloggess, who I also follow on Twitter. The Bloggess is hilarious. Wish I was half as funny as she is.

UPDATE 1: Ok, found another great blog...Barb Jacobucci's Nice Shoes and other life observations. I'm digging it. Wish I had more time to check out the others...slowly but surely making my way through.

UPDATE 2: I have one lonely follower! I'm sure I'm boring him to death, if he even reads my rambling nonsense. If you do read this dear follower, hello and I hope you aren't too bored.

UPDATE 3: I know, I know I'm obsessing...don't forget the brick...he must go to India! And must have pictures!!! Don't forget camera....AAAAAAHHHH!!! Gotta finish my paper and go to sleep now. No more blogging for tonight.

Tired Tuesday

No time to blog yesterday with assignments due for class. Received email confirmation the Visa request arrived at the company handling the request...that means yesterday was day 1 of 5 needed to process the request. Passport due back in my hands by next Tuesday, Feb 24!

I'm off to the travel doctor this morning for meds and shots in preparation for the trip to India. I hate shots! Bad enough I have to take one daily and another one twice a week...at least those don't leave me sore like vaccinations usually do. Oh well, better sore from a shot than sick or dead from some disease, right? Right.

The Philippines trip will be later in March so I need to see about booking travel this week. That one will be a bit longer than the India trip but not sure exactly how long.

Oh, did I mention I got an A in my Business Law class? Well I did...not sure I deserved it though. That team paper sucked. I needed another 4 - 6 hrs of editing to make it an A paper. We got a B on the paper, which I thought extremely generous considering it didn't really flow and there were parts that should have been either re-written or in direct quotes. We did cite everything but it's sometimes difficult not to use some of the same words as the original author. Given enough time I can put things in my own words and occassionally write it in a way that actually sounds better than the original...not often but sometimes. Probably deserved a C on the paper and a B in the class since 57% of the total grade was from work in that last week of class.

I started Finance this week and so far most of it seems to be a rehash of the things we learned in Accounting. I sure hope we build and not just rehash the information since my concentration is management and finance. The team I'm on seems to be great. There are several very pro-active members and from their participation posts, they seem to be able to write pretty well also. Refreshing change from previous classes where I'd be lucky if there was even one other person who could write on the team. Not that I'm a snob or anything but really, I don't understand how you can get into your Junior year in college without being about to write, especially since you're writing several papers in each class. Can anyone tell me how that happens?

Going to school online has the advantage of not having a set time to be in a classroom and I think the teachers are maybe not as hard on you as in a brick and mortar classroom. That being said, it's much harder in that they require a lot more participation and the reading and workload seems to be more than in a traditional classroom. I've done it both ways but with my traveling there'd be no way to attend a traditional college. I'm just praying that this experience will truly prepare me for the workload in the MBA program I want to attend. Still have to figure a way to get some Spanish classes in before grad school so I have a second language.

Ok, if you happened on this blog and this post, you're probably wondering about the photo above...that's my dad. He is going to be 90 in August and still going strong. He got this Harley a few years ago...he had a couple others back in his youth and wanted another one ever since. I love that he still enjoys getting out on the open road with his pals. He's probably the oldest one but no one has more fun than he does.

Well, better finish getting ready and hit the road. Later.