February 18, 2007
Those of you who've managed to check in through our extremely lean posting period may have noticed a decided lack of clues for mystery vacation. December's nonexistent clue was due largely to all the excitement of seeing family and friends during the holiday season. Well, that and sheer laziness on my part. Since then, though, the absence of new clues has been more purposeful.
We decided, after considerable deliberation, not to go on mystery vacation this year. Sad, I know. But I'm rather tied up with the never-ending research I'm doing for my thesis, not to mention the actual writing of the piece. And we haven't had any 'down time' since last spring break, when we also decided not to go on mystery vacation. Of course that was because I was slowly going insane from having to organize two conferences at the same time, so it wasn't so much down time as it was more time to work on the conferences. And sadly, this spring break will be similar: David will get some down time, and I'll be scrambling to analyze the transcripts of the interviews I've conducted, trying to find something pertinent and useful to say about the resettlement of the Somali Bantus in Pittsburgh. But still, it will mean less stress in the long run.
I refuse to divulge the destination, though, as I may use it for a future mystery vacation. So until then, keep guessing.
