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I’ll be in St. John’s Newfoundland for approximately 2 days next week. As conference tourism goes, this one is definitely a highlight and I wish I had more than 1 afternoon + part of a morning to explore the city. I get in Tuesday afternoon, attend and present at a preconference all day Wednesday, and fly out early Thursday afternoon. I’m looking forward to the session and to seeing a bit of St. John’s. I’m also just a little bit happy that this is my last conference/speaking gig until September.

Thing is, I’ve grown weary of travel. I’ve always loved traveling, new places, &c., but the getting there — the packing, the waiting, the flying, the waiting, the hotels, the waiting — when it’s not crazymaking, it’s draining. In my world, the line between work-travel and pleasure-travel is now so totally blurred that all travel is beginning to feel too much like a chore. I’m making plans for some real off-time in August and, so far, those plans include a one car, one mister, one very remote location, lots of books, and zero networked devices. Oh, imagine!