Time to Bolt

Goodbye, apartment. As Dorothy said to the Scarecrow, "I think I'll miss you most of all." :-) See you June 15th.

Well, things blew up at work... I've had my manager tell me he was disappointed in me for telling my mentor about the planned trip (please tell me how this makes sense), the German personnel lady tell me she would've handled the situation differently in my shoes - then more or less hang up on me, and been passed from department to department because my trip wasn't being planned and I wasn't getting any information. I still don't believe I did anything wrong. I'm going to try to do my best to leave all that behind, enjoy my time in Chicago, and have fun in Michigan during the next couple of months. And besides, I got my company to pay for the flight home since what was originally vacation has now turned into a business trip. Not bad.

I plan to check in here every now and then. To be continued...