Old Man Morgan

How well I remember mid-2007 telling myself and my co-workers how challenging 2008 would be.  I was right.  But, what I failed to anticipate was a key co-worker / expat taking 6 months off as maternity leave and the debacle in the stock market.  These two events added insult to injury.  Notwithstanding the challenges, I [...]

To my family, friends, and anybody else who reads this – Happy Thanksgiving 2008.  May you all be blessed in everything you do.  May you have love, peace, and happiness.  May you have good health and long life.  May you find clarity of purpose and satisfaction in your life.
Obviously there is much that I could [...]

Yesterday was a bit of a blur.  Had 4 meetings on top of each other … 1st one starting at 530am.  Finally got thru those around 9am … and then pressed on with a gazillion workload items.  SAP Go Live is just a bit over a month away … and the holidays will make it [...]

Just a short note … after another very full day at the office, I went out for a business dinner (Decy joined me).  Got home at 1030pm.  Spent much of the evening trying to re-organize my calendar as folks were throwing meetings on top of meetings for my early Wednesday morning …. so they could [...]

Yikes – what a day.  Had 5 meetings on Monday - not including impromptu’s.  First one was at 7am.  Last one was at 830-930pm.  Went to sleep – started getting lots of blackberry “pings” and a number of emails needing prompt response.  Thus, I was up at 230am.  Took a shower, got dressed … and began [...]

Overall, I would say we had a pretty good weekend.  Read on …
As previously mentioned, Decy and I decided to go out on a date Friday night – first time since late September.  We doubled up with Terry and Samantha.  The evening started with an excellent gourmet dinner and continued at Club Mistere at the [...]

Chely and I are trying to work thru the Christmas travel.  We think we have a planning basis that includes her flying to New York State after Chris’s graduation – staying with a friend for a week – then flying to Florida to see the family until it is time to return to Lee.  I [...]

Well, the girls from the International School of New Delhi arrived yesterday.  There was 3 of them instead of the planned 4.  Turns out 2 are American and 1 is Australian.  However, I think that 2 of them (1 American and the Australian) are Indian descent.  All are “expat brats” living in India.  They are all [...]

This blog is just a quickie.  Today is the day the three girls from New Dehli International School arrive.  Should be an interesting evening and week.
Really nothing else to report – left early work at about 5pm … got home … did some more work … ate dinner … did some more work … then [...]

This world financial crisis and recession is really beginning to hurt.  Not only have my personal investments been significantly impacted (not as much as some) but now it is beginning to impact my paycheck.  Read on.
Because I am an expat, I receive some cost of living and travel allowances.  These are net positives to my take [...]