Sunday, July 4, 2010

Happy Fourth of July

To all my fellow Americans - I wish you a Happy Fourth of July!

FYI: I flew to Frankfurt from Dammam, Saudi Arabia, on June 22nd and then home to Houston on June 23rd. After the usual one week to recuperate from jet-lag, I finally am caught up on chores .... although my expense report is still pending! We had a ton of rain last Friday, but I managed to drive home without getting caught in high water - a fear we Houstonians always have to watch out for especially during thunderstorms. As always, it's great to be home - sweet - home.

5 comments:

Searching Soul said...

Belated happy 4th of July. I really admire Americans because of your sense of nationalism and love of country - "the land of the free and the home of the brave." Keep it up!

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Ron said...

Happy 4th Chemist!
I hear you on the Expense Report....mine is in a pile on my desk and I keep looking at it....dreading it always!

Safe travels!

chemist said...

Ron:

Yeah .. and the worst part about expense reports is having to sort out the various currencies and their associated exchange rates. For example, my most recent trip: Euros, Kuwaiti Dinars and Saudi Riyals.

So it goes ...

Traveling Chemist

Searching Soul said...

I also dread making expense reports in the past especially with foreign currencies...but what I did to make it less toxic was to write the particulars at the back of the receipts, then I make a summary every evening for the whole day's expense and exchange rate. It's a price that comes with the pleasure of traveling at company's expense. :-)