One thing that amazes me about traveling is how different the weather can be on different parts of the globe at the exact same time of year. I mean, the concept totally makes sense – during the winter, if you want to ski, you go to Utah; but if you want the sun, you go to Hawaii. I’ve really gotten used to California weather where almost everyday I can expect the weather to be nice (even during the winter, for the most part). If I want to go biking or hiking tomorrow, chances are that it is going to be nice enough to go. But if I were living in Utah, biking and hiking are generally closed for the winter season.
Sometimes when I travel, I almost forget to bring a heavy coat or to even look at the weather report since I’m so used to nice weather. But I’m definitely glad that I brought a coat to New Jersey. The weather was blustery and I even got to drive a bit in the snow. I went geocaching this morning. I totally enjoyed the feel of a cool breeze on my face and the crunch of walking over ice-coated leaves. After finding the geocache, I was jogging back to the car and almost ran into three deer that were on the path. Oh the joys of life when I can detach myself from the office…
One mistake I made this trip: I wanted to get everything done in one day, so I set our start time at 8am – that is, 8am EST. I should have done my math before the trip. 8:00 am EST = 5:00 am EST. That’s not too bad, if that is the time I need to wake up. But add in getting ready, eating, and traveling to the onsite and I woke up at 6:30 am, which is 3:30 am PST! I’m still learning how this whole business travel thing works. I’ve already learned some of the secrets, but the concept of time zones is one thing I’m working on. The onsite went well, though, even though I had trouble falling asleep before midnight EST.
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