The first leg of my journey to graduation is over. As I write this, I am sitting in a very nice Holiday Inn Express near the Dallas airport. Tomorrow, I am off to Atlanta, then to Burlington, Vermont. Saturday night will be spent in a Comfort Inn and Suites in Montpelier, Vermont. I don’t expect to get there until very late. Due to dead time in Atlanta between flights, I won’t even get to Burlington until 10:30pm (if everything runs on schedule). Seeing as how I have to go through the Atlanta airport, I don’t have much faith. If you have ever seen that airport, you know what kind of circus that place is.
Preparing for this trip involved more trips to WalMart than I’d like to admit. My packing list is pretty simple, but I brought a lot of clothes. I probably will only use half of them, but I like to be prepared. Other than the clothes and various other items everyone takes on a trip, I packed my HP Mini 1000 netbook computer (being used to write this posting), my camera and a couple of lenses, my iPod Touch, my iPhone, and a couple other gadets.
The one thing I am somewhat looking forward to is the layover in Atlanta. It will give me some time to read a book. I always come up with excuses not to read. I have no excuses this time.
Keep an eye on this blog over the next week. I’ll be posting on a daily basis if it is at all possible. I might even have some photos to share. I hope the schedule is not too hectic. I want to do a little sight-seeing while I am there.