The New Zealand cricket captain is waiting to see if his bosses will pull the pin on a tour of Pakistan, and he is keenly interested - obviously - in who his next coach will be.
Vettori is also halfway through another tour, one with less risk of bombs going off but with more chance of developing occupational overuse syndrome in his signing hand.
Vettori breezed through Dunedin yesterday on a national tour to promote his book, Turning Point, written with former Otago Daily Times reporter Richard Boock.
In an interview yesterday, he said he was satisfied New Zealand Cricket was doing everything it could to ensure the safety of the Black Caps before the Champions Trophy in strife-torn Pakistan next month.
New Zealand has cancelled a pre-tournament series and could still pull out of the main event.
Vettori (29) and his team-mates met an International Cricket Council delegation on Thursday and spoke to both Geoff Lawson, the Pakistan coach, and international players association boss Tim May.
"We had a really positive meeting. Everyone's main focus is ensuring our safety," Vettori said.
"I'd hope we'll have some sort of firm decision by early next week."
Vettori, a veteran of 82 tests and 218 one-day internationals, has toured Pakistan twice, with one of those visits being disrupted by a bomb blast close to the Black Caps' hotel.
That naturally made the veteran more cautious than normal about agreeing to tour there again but he said he now had to consider the welfare of some of his younger squad members.
"It's a lot easier for me to say, 'No, I'm not going to Pakistan' than it is for someone who's just come into the side."
It is nearly a year since Vettori was appointed New Zealand captain, replacing the long-serving Stephen Fleming.
The world-class left-arm spinner is one of only two New Zealanders - Chris Cairns is the other - to have claimed 200 wickets in both test and one-day cricket, and his batting has developed to the point he is rated the second-best test all-rounder in the game.
The quiet, gangly teenager who made his international debut 11 years ago has developed into a confident player and leader.
The captaincy sits comfortably on his shoulders but he feels more pain now when the Black Caps lose.
"I think I felt it when I wasn't captain but it may have escalated a little bit because the focus goes on the captain so much.
"When it goes well, as it has for our one-day team, you take a lot of pleasure out of it. And when test results haven't been as good as you would like, you feel the frustration."
The Black Caps are searching for a coach to replace John Bracewell at the end of the summer and Vettori is a key man in the process.
He has already made it clear he rates Australian contender Greg Shipperd, who coached Vettori's Delhi Daredevils side in the Indian Premier League.
Vettori is contracted to Delhi for two more years and said the smash-and-bash tournament was immense fun.
"I don't think we could have seen it coming. The real reason it's exploded is India won the Twenty/20 World Cup and that was the catalyst.
"Indian people got extremely excited, then the ICL started, and now the IPL. In a short space of time this major event in world cricket has suddenly got under way.
"I think we'll see lots of things happen over the next few years. The twenty/20 format is very successful and I'm sure we'll see other countries try to cash in."
Vettori played a test at Dunedin's University Oval for the first time last season and is likely to return when the ground hosts West Indies in December or January.
"I really enjoyed playing at the Oval and I love the initiative of bringing cricket to specialist grounds around the country.
"I still think the ground is too small and I know they're trying to look at making it bigger. If that happens, I think it's almost the perfect test cricket venue."
