This afternoon the woman who schedules training dates and locations for the company that hires me out called. She wanted to schedule a few courses for a major telecomm company. First we talked about Pretoria in September.
me (thinking): “Yay! I get to go back to South Africa! And nearer to Kruger National Park!”
Then she said, “I’ve got some dates in February 2009.”
me: “… these would be in Pretoria, too?”
her: “… uh, no. These would be in Islamabad, Pakistan.”
silence (I was trying to picture little ol’ me leading that course.)
me: “And we’re not co-leading?”
her: “Uh… no.”
me: “Huh. I wonder what it would be like for a youngish-looking woman to lead alone in Islamabad?”
her: “Well, I don’t know.”
The conversations in my life keep getting more and more interesting…
