Today, I discovered Unalaska, Alaska while researching the geographic distribution of our donors, and I am fascinated.

I can't tell you why. I originally googled it because of the name - since we have two records for that town, I figured it wasn't a typo, but still - Unalaska? What IS that?

It turns out, Unalaska is a city and eponymous island in ( Read more... )

Oh friends, where do I even start to tell you about London? It was a completely different traveling experience than I've ever had - I usually travel alone or with only one or two people, so going with twenty teammates was quite the adventure. Then consider that the focus of this trip was less London: The Historical City and more London: The Rugby ( Read more... )

I have been packing pretty much all day. I am a pretty good packer - I mean, I travel fairly often, and I have that Tetris knack for fitting things just right into small spaces - but it always takes me FOREVER. However, I am 90% packed for a ten-day trip and prepared for unpredictable weather (rain, shine, hot, cold, I'm ready!), plus rugby, plus ( Read more... )

I've uploaded my photos from the trip so far to Facebook, for those of you who are interested. I have this intention to do a "highlight" post with just a few photos that I love best, but I also have a feeling that I won't actually get around to doing it. And I'm kind of sleep-drunk (walking around for hours = tiring), so I think the commentary on ( Read more... )

Subtitle: SWEETEST VACATION EVER ( Read more... )

Woke up this morning naturally, without an alarm,* remembering at least three dreams vividly ( Read more... )

Have you ever gotten really, really excited about something, and then for a brief moment were absolutely sure that some unexpected catastrophe was going to prevent it from happening, but then the catastrophe was averted and the awesome thing ended up being just as exciting as you expected and totally worth it ( Read more... )

So this is the short version of my trip to Austin ( Read more... )

Guess who just dropped $500 on airplane tickets to Austin, TX to play rugby there?

Love of rugby + love of traveling = trouble

But trouble = FUN