I'll be leaving for Albuquerque in an hour. Brent is in town for a conference and I'm going to spend the evening hanging out with him down there. In the morning I catch the first of my flights, ABQ->ATL. From Atlanta, it's nine hours to Moscow and I arrive late Sunday morning local time. I can just smell the frequent flier miles.

Speaking of which... my flight to NYC last weekend was my first chance to wave my "Silver Medallion" perks card around at the airport and it got me exactly squat. They still put me in the back row of the plane, next to the toilet, in a seat that wouldn't recline. I didn't even get to board early. I think Delta is the only carrier who has a perks plan but doesn't let their card carriers board along with the first-class folks. Grumble grumble...

Anyway, whatever. If I get my way I'll be doing so much travelling that soon they'll just make me the honorary president of Delta Airlines (or maybe Aeroflot) and I can rule with an iron fist. The first change I'll make is that silver medallion carriers board first, and can have any seat they want. And their luggage can weigh 100kg and it won't matter. Yeah.

I should have access to the internet while in Russia (the Marriott Grand has wireless everywhere); last trip I had to bring an old wireless-free junker laptop because this one arrived the day after I left. So unlike last time, expect updates and what-not. Who knows... maybe I'll spend some of my jet lag insomnia uploading the pictures from the last trip to Russia. :)