Sometimes I wonder how much money the internet has cost the airlines. I'm sure you lay awake at night wondering the same thing.
Karen prepares to visit four countries in six hours.
I mean really, just the other day Karen was in Belize, Canada, Guatemala, and Uganda all in a matter of hours all without leaving home. That day was a bit slower for me. I was only in Canada to meet with Karen while she was "in Canada" to work with our boss organizing the logistics for Global's next Candidate Orientation Class.
It's crazy when your wife is at home, you're in the office eight miles away, and you "meet" in Canada for a couple hours. Let's see...what DID that day cost the airlines? Between the two of us, Skype cost your typical domestic airline nearly $5,500 that one day.
That doesn't take into account the week I was in France, Texas, Ohio, Iowa, and Canada (twice) for meetings...ka-ching? There's another $4,800. And that's just air fare...not rental cars, lodging, food, souvenirs...for two people...multiply that by everyone traveling via internet...
Here I am in Iowa (while in our office in North Carolina) meeting with Heather, who's headed to Sierra Leone, Africa.
No wonder the airlines seem grumpier and the skies just a bit less friendly than they used to be.
And while we're speaking about grumpy...this is the time of year that Tucker doesn't sleep much at night either. She's busy counting tomatoes that have yet to grow on the plants in our salsa garden. She guards them in her mind at night, counts them in her mind.
Me, grumpy? Do I look grumpy? Where are the tomatoes?
Tanner, on the other hand...doesn't worry about much. He just finds a quiet, private corner and goes into relaxation mode.
Tanner
Some days, in some ways, I wish I'd be more like my dog.
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