FAREWELL 9-5 HELLO TRAVEL

04.09.14

THE TITLE OF THIS BLOG INDICATES LEAVING A NINE TO FIVE JOB TO TRAVEL.

NOPE, NOT IT!  (AT LEAST FOR NOW, SHHHHH)

INSTEAD, WE ARE CELEBRATING KRISTIN'S DEPARTURE WITH A COMPANY THAT SHE'S BEEN WITH FOR A GAZILLION YEARS.  BY A GAZILLION, I MEAN 15+ YEARS. 

BEAT THAT!

THIS IS KRISTIN R.  SHE HAS WORKED AT HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT SCHOOL PUBLISHERS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.  SHE AND HER HUSBAND LOVES TO TRAVEL AND WILL BE LEAVING THEIR FULL TIME JOBS BEHIND TO TRAVEL.  I AM EXCITED TO KNOW THAT THEY WILL BE POSTING PHOTOS THEIR JOURNEY ON "INSTAGRAM" AND WILL BE FOLLOWING THEM TOO!

IMAGE SNAGGED FROM KRISTIN

                                                                                                                                  THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE TRAVELING TO AND FROM, BETWEEN APRIL THROUGH THE FALL OF THIS YEAR. 

THIS IS THE ORLANDO HMH BUILDING THAT WE WOULD BE HOLDING SECRET DECORATING GALORE FOR HER SURPRISE PARTY ON HER LAST DAY.

ORLANDO HOUGHTON MIFFLIN PUBLISHER

THERE WAS NOT MUCH DAMAGE DONE WITH THE BEFORE AND AFTER DECOR.

BUT SOMEONE ON THE FAREWELL DECORATING TEAM WAS BEING VERY CONSIDERATE AND NICE. AND NEAT TOO!  THAT PERSON WAS NOT I.  I SHOULD WHIP UP SOME DAMAGING DECOR PHOTOS FROM THE PAST ONE DAY AND BLOG IT.  THERE WERE THOUGHTS OF FLIPPING THINGS UPSIDE DOWN.  

BEFORE

AFTER

"CAMPING" IS THE THEME FOR HER FAREWELL.  IT MATCHES HER TRAVELING JOURNEY, AS HER AND HER HUSBAND WILL BE DRIVING THEIR CAMPING TRAILER TO THEIR DESTINATIONS.

THIS IS THE LOVELINESS OF NEAT DECORATING.

BUT JUST BECAUSE IT IS NEATLY DECORATED INSIDE, DOES NOT MEAN THAT I CAN'T PUT IN MY OWN SIGNATURE DECOR ON THE EXTERIOR......

TRIP TO ASIA AND BLOGGING

I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYONE DOES IT WITH THE SIMULTANEOUS TRAVELING WHILE BLOGGING.  I CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AS THERE ARE NOT REALLY ANY DOWNTIME FOR ME.  

I GOT THE ASUS TF700 FOR THIS PURPOSE OF BEING ABLE TO BLOG AND EDIT PHOTOS  DIDN'T PLAN OUT THE TIME NEEDED TO POST!

BEEN TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH FACEBOOK PHOTO AND STATUS POSTING AND IT HAS BEEN A 85% FAIL!  AFTER GETTING BACK TO HOTEL FROM LONG DAYS, I WOULD EDIT DOWN PHOTOS AND LOAD THEM INTO MY HAND HELD EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TO MAKE MORE ROOM FOR MY 8GB SD CARD.  AND THEN THE NEXT DAY WOULD BE THE SAME CYCLE.  ANY TIPS FOR BLOGGING WHILE TRAVELING?

THERE ARE LOTS OF POST TRIP POSTINGS THAT I CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE, BOTH VISUALLY AND COMMENTARY WISE.

APOLOGIES TO  BLOGGERS FROM ABROAD THAT I PROMISED TO TOUCH BASE WITH WHILE IN HONG KONG AND THAILAND.  THAT DID NOT WORK OUT AS I WAS STRUGGLING TO KEEP MY EYES SHUT WHILE DINING WITH NEWLY MET FAMILY FRIENDS THERE.

HOPING TO EXCHANGE SOME INSIGHTS WITH YA'LL BLOGGERS SOON!