Caught between Thanksgiving & Christmas

Here we are. In that month (exactly a month this year) between two huge holidays involving travel, family, food, friends, gifts, and thankfulness.  And in which a semester must end, which means that students across the country are frantically trying to finish assignments amidst the "hustle and bustle" of commerical Christmas and parents demanding to know when their children will return home.  Of course, at the same time we all try to fight off the colds & flus that threaten to knock us down.

I've had a busy few weeks.  The BUCLD at the begninng of November, then watching the Monon Bell game (in which DePauw fell completely apart) in Kansas City, then a double trip to southern California, then driving home (and back) for Thanksgiving, and of course the usual lab and homework responsibilities.  No wonder I'm tired.

BUCLD

I'm about to go to my first research conference.  I'll be attending the Boston University Conference on Language Development this weekend.  One of the girls in my program will be presenting her research.  Noam Chomsky will be one of the speakers for the Society of Language Development's annual Symposium! 

I'm really excited but also a little nervous.  I do a ton of traveling, but most of my trips are short (i.e. less than 2 days) and we always get a rental car.  Neither will be true this weekend.  I'll be there three full days.  I won't rent a car, so I'll be taking public transportation, a taxi, or walking.  Believe it or not, I've never taken a taxi before!