Aloha, MR-palooza!
So, tomorrow's the day. I fly out insanely early, which is an option I wasn't too unhappy about, given that it might just give me an opportunity to hit the beach first thing upon landing in Honolulu. Yes! Now you know what I was talking of in this post. It has actually turned out a bit better than I expected, but I'll post about that assuming The Important Event of the last post comes through in the way that I hope. I know your fingers are busy but if your toes are long enough, keep them crossed for me on Monday - and then on Thursday too!
On another note, I was just thinking of the travel arrangements, etc. There's likely to be a large crowd from all the Chicago institutes and my colleague told me to look for other geeks with large poster tubes slung over their shoulders starting right here at O'Hare Airport. (I've got mine ready too!) It reminded me a little of the Quidditch World Cup: MR folks apparating everywhere, folks making MR jokes ("We can't resist showing off when we get together", as Rowling so eloquently put it.) and exchanging poster/talk information. I'm hoping there's another MR soul next to me on the flights. That would be wonderful!
Today we had a mock-up of all the posters/talks our group is presenting over the course of the next week. We have six altogether. Two of mine went well, or, at least, it felt as though they went well. The Important One, however, backfired. I'd done a rehearsal last week with My Advisor, and I think I'd done better then than I did today. Well, that was before we were told it was Important. I guess I felt a little more pressured today - and landed up doing worse. I will be using the time on the flights to rehearse this one, and my colleague has very kindly agreed to go through another dry run with me before Monday. The condition? We do the rehearsal on the beach! Am I complaining? Nope! I've just checked my schedule for the week and I'll be out every day from 7:00am till at least 8:30pm. As my grandfather would have put it, it's going to be a "Water, water, everywhere - and not one drop to drink" situation.
I can go on, but it's past seven in the evening and I have only ten hours left before I take off. Gotta pack the beach-wear, people!! Aloha!
On another note, I was just thinking of the travel arrangements, etc. There's likely to be a large crowd from all the Chicago institutes and my colleague told me to look for other geeks with large poster tubes slung over their shoulders starting right here at O'Hare Airport. (I've got mine ready too!) It reminded me a little of the Quidditch World Cup: MR folks apparating everywhere, folks making MR jokes ("We can't resist showing off when we get together", as Rowling so eloquently put it.) and exchanging poster/talk information. I'm hoping there's another MR soul next to me on the flights. That would be wonderful!
Today we had a mock-up of all the posters/talks our group is presenting over the course of the next week. We have six altogether. Two of mine went well, or, at least, it felt as though they went well. The Important One, however, backfired. I'd done a rehearsal last week with My Advisor, and I think I'd done better then than I did today. Well, that was before we were told it was Important. I guess I felt a little more pressured today - and landed up doing worse. I will be using the time on the flights to rehearse this one, and my colleague has very kindly agreed to go through another dry run with me before Monday. The condition? We do the rehearsal on the beach! Am I complaining? Nope! I've just checked my schedule for the week and I'll be out every day from 7:00am till at least 8:30pm. As my grandfather would have put it, it's going to be a "Water, water, everywhere - and not one drop to drink" situation.
I can go on, but it's past seven in the evening and I have only ten hours left before I take off. Gotta pack the beach-wear, people!! Aloha!
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