#OTR50 Day 71: Hotel Rooms
Crisp linens, Fresh soaps, Fluffy towels. It may not be my bed, But it will do for now. 294 Days to go. #OTR50
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#OTR50 Day 70: Travel Interrupted
Delayed Postponed Late arrival Mechanical Failures Cancelled Familiar words and phrases to the business traveller. I tried to write a poem about this travel life, but it didn’t flow and felt far to contrived. On the upside, I napped on my last flight and I’m getting work done in the airport. I will likely not […]
Read More#OTR50 Day 69: Don’t Sleepwalk
Back on Day 7, 62 posts ago, I dedicated a post to the poet Maggie Smith. I do so again today. Here’s today’s post to herself, to her readers, to the world. Do not sleepwalk through your life. View this post on Instagram Wake up. ✨ * * #keepmoving #keepmovingforward #keepgoing #todaysgoal #notetoself #wakeup #wakeupcall […]
Read More#OTR50 Day 68: Trying to Stay Positive
The Ups and Downs of Business Travel Downside: Late night dinners while eating take-out in the room Upside: Savory egg, spinach, tomato crêpe from a tiny Paris crêperie was AMAZING Downside: Late night email catch-up is long and arduous Upside: It is unlikely anyone will text me with anything urgent before noon CET Downside: Crazy long […]
Read More#OTR50 Day 66: In the Skies again
I am writing this in flight to France. I don’t know if the internet is strong enough to post it. I gave up on my email. It’s the equivalent of about 2am EST although I’m now somewhere over the Atlantic chasing the sun and approaching the western shores of Europe. Everytime I fly across the […]
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I had an issue with my WordPress this weekend. Publishing wasn’t working right. The problem has been solved! I was good – I kept up the writing in draft posts. . . I was frustrated that I couldn’t make it work. Not actually at WordPress. I was upset at my own lack of being able […]
Read More#OTR50 63: Avenue Q
Songs I enjoyed included, It Sucks to be Me, What Do You do with a BA in English, and There is Life Outside Your Apartment. […]
Read More#OTR50 Day 56: Bons.ai Ahoy!
Weekend meetings that make for several days straight in a row can get looooong. Come Sunday afternoon there is the need to get out of my seat at least once an hour to just move around in order to keep going. For all that my skill side is on the endurance end of the spectrum, […]
Read More#OTR50 Day 55: Traveling alone can be lonely
Business travel can be both a positive and a negative. It can bounce back and forth numerous times during a trip. This evening I had a lovely time hanging out in the late evening with colleague friends talking and chatting over drinks following a large group dinner at an excellent Greek restaurant. It was excellent […]
Read More#OTR50 Day 53: Hotel Keys
Back in the end of March I drove alone down to DC. This evening was a repeat. As happened then, I arrived at about 10:40. I usually take the train to and from Washington for a host of reasons I may get into another time. For various reasons, it was again made the most sense […]
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Randi S. Sumner 