Three more days at this job. Under a 
month left living in Europe. Sitting at a "Bavarian Beerhouse" unsatisfied with what they called curry wurst. They advertise Octoberfest here while I attended the 200th anniversary Oktoberfest just over 2 years ago in Munchen. Reading a book on Kindle set in the 14th century England 3 days before a road trip all over the UK that will take me to many historical places from that era. Still digesting the family tree emails that tie me as far back as 1550 in Scotland. Wish I would have put more effort into genealogy while in Europe. Lots to coordinate for the international move still but tonight the changes coming down the pipeline are most apparent. I'll have to post a comical summary of differences in a few weeks. This blog started as I began an adventure that I knew would draw attention but soon I'll return to the everyday realities of most of America. I won't miss the pinball game of walking down the sidewalk in London. In fact I unfortunately will probably not walk down the sidewalk nearly as much. Here's hoping that I'll at least be biking if I'm not walking. I'm not sure why I didn't connect with more people here. I certainly met more people after I started working; and the people were friendly, but I think I held back. Something deep down told me it was a limited time and rather than encouraging me to bond I let myself hold back. This is what they call stream of consciousness prose. We won't travel so much; in fact our carbon footprint is bound to go down dramatically after the move. Going from telecommuting and mass transit that is quite ironic, but our circa 1905 mansion house flat leaks air like a sieve and we have thrown down easily over 200K air miles between us in the last two years eating up Europe. Fortunately my conscience is not affected by this transition, saving lives (medical device engineer) is at least as good as saving the world (solar PV product development engineer). and maybe I can bring some best practices to save money and resources at my next job. Thanks for sticking with me, I've written way too much for a weekly blog but not nearly as much as is going on in my head right now.
month left living in Europe. Sitting at a "Bavarian Beerhouse" unsatisfied with what they called curry wurst. They advertise Octoberfest here while I attended the 200th anniversary Oktoberfest just over 2 years ago in Munchen. Reading a book on Kindle set in the 14th century England 3 days before a road trip all over the UK that will take me to many historical places from that era. Still digesting the family tree emails that tie me as far back as 1550 in Scotland. Wish I would have put more effort into genealogy while in Europe. Lots to coordinate for the international move still but tonight the changes coming down the pipeline are most apparent. I'll have to post a comical summary of differences in a few weeks. This blog started as I began an adventure that I knew would draw attention but soon I'll return to the everyday realities of most of America. I won't miss the pinball game of walking down the sidewalk in London. In fact I unfortunately will probably not walk down the sidewalk nearly as much. Here's hoping that I'll at least be biking if I'm not walking. I'm not sure why I didn't connect with more people here. I certainly met more people after I started working; and the people were friendly, but I think I held back. Something deep down told me it was a limited time and rather than encouraging me to bond I let myself hold back. This is what they call stream of consciousness prose. We won't travel so much; in fact our carbon footprint is bound to go down dramatically after the move. Going from telecommuting and mass transit that is quite ironic, but our circa 1905 mansion house flat leaks air like a sieve and we have thrown down easily over 200K air miles between us in the last two years eating up Europe. Fortunately my conscience is not affected by this transition, saving lives (medical device engineer) is at least as good as saving the world (solar PV product development engineer). and maybe I can bring some best practices to save money and resources at my next job. Thanks for sticking with me, I've written way too much for a weekly blog but not nearly as much as is going on in my head right now. 
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