My Halloween weekend consisted of going on a trip with our newest GRA. It was her first real assessment and she'd never flown before!! I was very glad there were no surprises in terms of travel. The assessment itself went very smoothly. We got to see a cute kid with a wonderful family and beautiful house in the suburbs of Chicago.
Thankfully we were only going to Chicago so it wasn't an especially long or bumpy flight. Turns out she loves flying! She also enjoyed staying an extra day to see her family. She hadn't been home since she moved to Lawrence, so she was very excited to see her family and dog and house and such. I could relate - I remember feeling that way about the same time last year.
On Saturday we finished in plenty of time for me to make my flight, so after I dropped her off with her family I went shopping at the Woodfield mall. I needed some dressy clothes for my next adventure: my first conference! It was nice to have a couple hours to wander around such a huge mall, especially knowing I could buy something if I liked it! It helped, too, that I knew I could put anything I bought in the lab's suitcase to get it back home, so space wasn't an issue at all.
All in all, it was one of the better trips I've had lately.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
Apparently I lost a couple months in there due to class and work being kinda nuts. Oh, and I haven't any trip fiascoes lately (though my coworkers have!).
I didn't travel from August 12th until September 24th, which felt very odd after having spent more than a year traveling at least 2 weekends a month. In mid-September I went to Waxhaw, NC, which was just the right warmth. The trees weren't quite turning, but it was still a gorgeous trip.
Last weekend I got a treat in that we went to see a family in Clarksville, TN, which meant that I could spend the weekend with my parents. It was great to be back in Nashville, and it was fun seeing Mom & Dad even if I did get sick from the mold in the ducts.
In amongst those trips, my colleagues went to Harrisburg, PA, and Washington, DC. The Harrisburg trip turned out to be somewhat disastrous, at least on the return portion. Their first flight was delayed, so they missed their connection in Detroit. Of course the next flight back to KC wasn't until the next morning, so they had to spend the night in a seedy motel near the airport without the luxury of a change of clothes (they'd checked all the luggage).
The Washington, DC, trip wasn't quite so bad, according to their report, though there were 2 accidents on I-70 that Sunday so they sat in traffic for hours.
I didn't travel from August 12th until September 24th, which felt very odd after having spent more than a year traveling at least 2 weekends a month. In mid-September I went to Waxhaw, NC, which was just the right warmth. The trees weren't quite turning, but it was still a gorgeous trip.
Last weekend I got a treat in that we went to see a family in Clarksville, TN, which meant that I could spend the weekend with my parents. It was great to be back in Nashville, and it was fun seeing Mom & Dad even if I did get sick from the mold in the ducts.
In amongst those trips, my colleagues went to Harrisburg, PA, and Washington, DC. The Harrisburg trip turned out to be somewhat disastrous, at least on the return portion. Their first flight was delayed, so they missed their connection in Detroit. Of course the next flight back to KC wasn't until the next morning, so they had to spend the night in a seedy motel near the airport without the luxury of a change of clothes (they'd checked all the luggage).
The Washington, DC, trip wasn't quite so bad, according to their report, though there were 2 accidents on I-70 that Sunday so they sat in traffic for hours.
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