Well friends and family, I have absolutely loved the past 9 months of vainly writing about myself and knowing that you would all continue reading. I contemplated continuing my narcissistic ways and transforming the blog into the funny things that happen to me while traveling (clearly, they are plentiful), but finally I came to the decision that if I'm not homeless, then the blog address hzhomelessadventures doesn't exactly apply.
The quantity of my travel won't subside, however, in case I haven't told you, I signed a 6 month lease to use for the winter. I decided on a Monday morning when I was standing outside in the cold, barefoot, searching for a pair of socks to wear. I realized, being homeless in the winter isn't fun, and from that moment in time, I became fixated on the idea of finding an apartment.
Since I can't commit to anything, I only signed for 6 months so that I can reevaluate the situation once again come June.
I sincerely thank you for reading!!
- Hilary
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
This is why you should live out of your car
You never know what's going to happen... this wouldn't be an issue for me :)
http://www.vancouversun.com/Snow+strands+hundreds+Ontario+winter+storm+heads+east/3978319/story.html
SARNIA, Ont. — The snow squalls that stranded hundreds of motorists for more than 24 hours along a southern Ontario highway were headed east Tuesday evening, following a day when much of Eastern Canada faced extreme weather conditions.
Read more: http://www.canada.com/Snow+strands+hundreds+Ontario+winter+storm+heads+east/3978319/story.html#ixzz189K4jY8v
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Change of Plans
I was driving to New York today to go to a meeting in Moscow, and the next thing I knew I was turning around and leaving for Russia on Saturday afternoon.
Bad weather in Frankfurt delayed my flight and I was going to miss my meeting even if I went. Somehow though, even though my flight was delayed, everything fell into order perfectly:
- I had decided to drive myself to JFK even though I have NEVER done that before. I always take a car.
- I made a stupid decision when I was 45 minutes into my drive to turn around and to back to CT once I got the phone call my flight was delayed. I say stupid because what did I think I was going to do once I got back to CT? And once I got back, I was going to have to drive to NY at 10pm (which is waaaay past my bedtime)
- Ammie was headed back to the office late so I was going to be able to meet up with her to figure out the schedule.
- Ammie accidentally dialed the normal travel agent instead of the after hours travel
- Our amazing travel agent, Dee, was there 2.5 hours after the office was technically closed, which was lucky because we had no idea what to do.
So all the stars aligned perfectly, and now I am going to have my meeting in New York and leave for Russia on Saturday.
Bad weather in Frankfurt delayed my flight and I was going to miss my meeting even if I went. Somehow though, even though my flight was delayed, everything fell into order perfectly:
- I had decided to drive myself to JFK even though I have NEVER done that before. I always take a car.
- I made a stupid decision when I was 45 minutes into my drive to turn around and to back to CT once I got the phone call my flight was delayed. I say stupid because what did I think I was going to do once I got back to CT? And once I got back, I was going to have to drive to NY at 10pm (which is waaaay past my bedtime)
- Ammie was headed back to the office late so I was going to be able to meet up with her to figure out the schedule.
- Ammie accidentally dialed the normal travel agent instead of the after hours travel
- Our amazing travel agent, Dee, was there 2.5 hours after the office was technically closed, which was lucky because we had no idea what to do.
So all the stars aligned perfectly, and now I am going to have my meeting in New York and leave for Russia on Saturday.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
No Clothes
A few weeks ago I went to my storage unit to dig out my winter clothes. Turns out that my box of winter clothes is buried behind my mattress and box spring as well as my kitchen table. I’ve desperately been trying to recruit help to move things around, but so far have been unsuccessful.
Since the weather turned cold, I (not exaggerating) have worn the same 4 outfits to the office every single day: a grey and black striped sweater, a grey hooded sweatshirt, an ugly brown sweater that looks like I stole it from my Grandpa’s closet in the 90’s, and a blue fleece zip up. I refuse to buy a whole new wardrobe out of sheer stupidity.
My theory is that maybe since I’m on the road a lot, no one will notice? Although, since a few of my coworkers read this.. I think I just gave myself away.
Since the weather turned cold, I (not exaggerating) have worn the same 4 outfits to the office every single day: a grey and black striped sweater, a grey hooded sweatshirt, an ugly brown sweater that looks like I stole it from my Grandpa’s closet in the 90’s, and a blue fleece zip up. I refuse to buy a whole new wardrobe out of sheer stupidity.
My theory is that maybe since I’m on the road a lot, no one will notice? Although, since a few of my coworkers read this.. I think I just gave myself away.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Sleep on a Plane
Yesterday I got a 20 minute chair massage and the massage technician said (about my back), "Oh my god, in my 5 years of doing this job this is the biggest knot I've ever found" That's what 3.5 years of stress and sleeping on planes will do to the body..
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