Just got back from a really lovely dinner that Danny and Andrea invited me to. A big group of their friends and friends of friends (I think we were 15 in all) ate at the Thai place in the Marriott. It's a little silly to get picked up from the Serena, drive four minutes, and end up at the Marriott, which is almost as fancy. But whatever, it was great to see the two of them and their friends were cool. Not a typical NGO crowd, I'm sure in part because Danny grew up in Abbottabad. Nice way to cap off the day, and we even had some smuggled-in vodka for vodka tonics. Not much else to report, the morning/early afternoon meeting was good but the later meeting was a near-complete waste of time. So it goes.
It is looking more and more like we'll actually get to go to Chitral and Gilgit from Tuesday-Thursday. I don't want to believe it and knock wood every time it comes up because I don't want to jinx it. But it would be so cool. Here's hoping.
Tomorrow brings a relatively early morning and some work on a proposal that's due Monday (ack!), then more meetings and hopefully an afternoon free to sit by the pool or something. Natalie arrives in about 3 hours. It'll be nice to have someone to decompress with at the hotel. MJ is not exactly Mr. Decompression.
It is looking more and more like we'll actually get to go to Chitral and Gilgit from Tuesday-Thursday. I don't want to believe it and knock wood every time it comes up because I don't want to jinx it. But it would be so cool. Here's hoping.
Tomorrow brings a relatively early morning and some work on a proposal that's due Monday (ack!), then more meetings and hopefully an afternoon free to sit by the pool or something. Natalie arrives in about 3 hours. It'll be nice to have someone to decompress with at the hotel. MJ is not exactly Mr. Decompression.
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