and for those offering commiserations at the prospect of more work travel, I should probably point out I'm in academia, so no clients to worry about, just the occasional lecture to deliver (and I don't have fixed working hours, so there's no such thing as a lost weekend). I actually enjoy the chance to get to visit new places - and can usually tack a day or two on one end of the trip for sightseeing, so I get to see more than the inside of airports or carbon-copied hotel rooms. I just figure it'd be good to get there a bit more comfortably sometimes.