So I've crossed the pond twice in the past 2 weeks -- Astrid and I had a fantastic visit home for the Thanksgiving week. We're sorry we couldn't catch up with everyone, but rest assured it wasn't due to a lack of effort! In classic Astrid and Syd style, it was a whirlwind tour with us trying to get in as much visiting as possible. Several friends have suggested we 'just stay put' when we go home for visits and have people come to us, but I think the control-freaks in us cause us to ignore this sensible approach.
The way back it was Astrid's first time going to work after a red-eye and I have to say I am very impressed with how awake she was to get through the day -- despite a sub-par sleep on BA.
After a short stay in the UK, I flew back across the pond on Sunday (Oct 26) to Los Angeles for the Microsoft PDC conference, which was pretty cool. The universal studios party deserves its own blog post (can you say Canada's Wonderland Fright Night but _way_ better... AND free booze and food all night. Crazy!).
I was interviewed by the Microsoft Canada press there and you can see my quotes in an article in the nerd magazine IT Business here. The flight to/from LA is quite long tho (10.5 hrs and 11.5 hrs, depending on direction), so although it was a red-eye on the way back, I didn't land until almost 4pm, so it didn't have the same 'get-through-the-day' challenges as usual.
In between the trips, Astrid gave me an awesome surprise bday gift that deserves its own blog post that is coming shortly!
Syd.
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