Waiting

Well, it's about time! This is the second new blog I've opened - for some reason it's been taking forever to activate.

Yes, I'm impatient.

It's Wednesday 4 May 2011 and I'm still waiting for confirmation of my flight details. I was meant to fly from Jozi to Lagos on Tuesday, but there was a bureaucratic delay with my visa application, attributed to the public holidays and a general post-election national hangover. So I'm hanging around the The Firehouse in Bompas rd, Dunkeld, trying to stay abreast of this morning's client presentation in Lagos (orchestrated via email and phone yesterday and this morning). I've been warned that comm's are, at best, unreliable and that I'll have my work cut out trying to coordinate the two offices. Other than that, I've been given the lowdown on life in the Big Yam. Sounds busy, sweaty, noisy and chaotic, but not necessarily as dangerous as some would have you believe, although you can't touch the water - our AD came back with a kidney infection that had him pissing Sparberry for 10 days solid.

Waiting... I've heard of 6-hour traffic delays, so maybe this is my pre-conditioning? A little taster of what's in store?

All I know is, my bags are packed and I'm ready to go. If anyone plays John Denver to/at me between now and Friday, I hereby absolve myself of any responsibility for my actions...