First trip

I have been hired by Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International as a Membership Services Consultant. Sounds fancy, right? It is basically a job where I get paid to do my favorite thing that I did as an officer for the Pierce Butler Chapter at William Mitchell College of Law. That is, they are paying me to recruit. I get to travel (flight, car rental and hotel paid, plus a per diem for food) around the country to weaker chapters of the fraternity and try and help them reactivate by recruiting new members. I leave for my first trip today.  I am headed to Louisiville, Kentucky. I will spend a couple days there and then move on to Nashville. I will be there over Labor Day weekend so I will have a little time to see the sights. Unfortunately I will be missing my husband's birthday on September 6. :( It is too expensive for me to fly back home to spend it with him.

After Nashville, I am moving on to Oxford, Mississippi. Did you know the best hotel you can get near Ole Miss is a Super 8? And you get to choose between smoking or non-smoking rooms! Can't wait for that one. Lastly I will be in Alabama. From there I fly home to my hubby!

I get a week at home before I take my next trip, which will be to Indiana. My little sister Ruthie is getting married this winter and all she wanted to do for her bachelorette was go to a Colts game. But there were none near MN. So I decided to invite her to drive down with me to Indiana (I hate to fly so I am renting a car). I bought us two tickets to a Colts game. She will fly out after the game. I told her it is a combination birthday-bachelorette-bridal shower gift because each ticket is $150!!

My last trip is in my own back yard, which is great because I get paid like I am traveling, but I can be at home. I will visit the U of M, St. Thomas, and Hamline law schools.

This will be my first time traveling alone for such a long period of time. I studied abroad for a month in England and Ireland in college, but I was with a professor and a whole class, so that doesn't really count. I am nervous and excited. I hope to post about my travels. I also have several knitting projects that I will update on as their finished!

Oh! And we moved! It took a lot of work, but the house looks pretty good so far...

The office/craft room (my husband is awesome) still has to be put together, but everything else is pretty much finished. I like it better than any house I have ever lived in, and I will miss it while I am traveling!

Speaking of traveling...


“No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” – Lin Yutang