Fun with travel statistics
Here is a scary number:  31,758.  That is the number of miles I've flown this year, not counting a SmartWings flight from Prague to Paris that doesn't appear in my frequent flyer account history.  The circumference of the Earth is approximately 25,000 miles (source).  For someone who claims to be afraid of flying, that is an extraordinary number!

Here is another scary number:  31.  That is the number of days in a month (well, some of them) and it is also SMALLER than the number of days I've spent in hotel rooms this year. 

Number of distinct countries visited?  Eight.  Holland, India, Canada, France, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and various non-home states in the good ol' USA.  A more disturbing thought is that I've been to Holland (three times) more than I've been to Canada (twice).

The best part is this: with three months to go, I've got a trip to Portland coming up, as well as a second work-related trip to India.

I used to believe that traveling was difficult and expensive and arduous.  Admittedly, my travel plans are most frequently sponsored by my employer, but I look back on the past year and I can't believe it.  I'm already itching to write my end-of-the-year life summary, because this has been one for the books!