Wow. I guess I've been busier than I expected this semester!
I've spent this week at the 45th Annual Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Annapolis, MD. I presented a poster last night on my master's thesis, and that went very well.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Something about the Midwest
What is it about Indiana and Illinois that mean we often have crazy trips??
This time, we managed to remember that the family lives very near the Central/Eastern timezone border. However, this time we nearly had a repeat of the disastrous Illinois trip from summer 2010. The problem began when, for some reason, our layover in Atlanta became short. The flight from KC was on time - despite leaving late - so we thought we had enough time to get from our arrival gate to our departure gate and even have time for a pit stop and a brief break. We thought wrong. After making said pit stop, we walk to our gate, only to find that they are no longer 'boarding' - they've 'boarded'. We were the last two on the plane, and there was still 20 minutes until our scheduled departure time! Moments after we took our seats, the plane pushed back from the gate. We then proceeded to sit on the tarmac for about 30 minutes while we waited for clearance to take off. We arrived in Evansville on time, but quite jostled from flying over the tornado storm system. I went to get our rental car (which ended up being a brand new 300 with 103 miles!!), while my colleague waited for the suitcase. And waited. And waited. Yep, you guessed it. Delta had made our layover so short that they couldn't get the suitcase from one plane to the other before we left. Uh oh. My colleague and I made the necessary arrangements to have the bag brought to our hotel after it arrived on the next available flight. Well, that flight got delayed 2 hours because of the tornado storm system. Rather than stay up past midnight, we asked the front desk to call us once the bag made it. When the call finally came at 1:30am, we didn't care what time it was, we were just glad the flight hadn't been canceled! The next morning, we retrieved the suitcase and the rest of the trip went off without a hitch.
This time, we managed to remember that the family lives very near the Central/Eastern timezone border. However, this time we nearly had a repeat of the disastrous Illinois trip from summer 2010. The problem began when, for some reason, our layover in Atlanta became short. The flight from KC was on time - despite leaving late - so we thought we had enough time to get from our arrival gate to our departure gate and even have time for a pit stop and a brief break. We thought wrong. After making said pit stop, we walk to our gate, only to find that they are no longer 'boarding' - they've 'boarded'. We were the last two on the plane, and there was still 20 minutes until our scheduled departure time! Moments after we took our seats, the plane pushed back from the gate. We then proceeded to sit on the tarmac for about 30 minutes while we waited for clearance to take off. We arrived in Evansville on time, but quite jostled from flying over the tornado storm system. I went to get our rental car (which ended up being a brand new 300 with 103 miles!!), while my colleague waited for the suitcase. And waited. And waited. Yep, you guessed it. Delta had made our layover so short that they couldn't get the suitcase from one plane to the other before we left. Uh oh. My colleague and I made the necessary arrangements to have the bag brought to our hotel after it arrived on the next available flight. Well, that flight got delayed 2 hours because of the tornado storm system. Rather than stay up past midnight, we asked the front desk to call us once the bag made it. When the call finally came at 1:30am, we didn't care what time it was, we were just glad the flight hadn't been canceled! The next morning, we retrieved the suitcase and the rest of the trip went off without a hitch.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Prosem Talk
Today I presented my Master's thesis at the Child Language proseminar. Despite having a bit of a nasty cold, it went well. I managed to talk for about 20 minutes, and everyone asked questions. I also got some good suggestions to try out. It was nice to have such a positive experience sharing my work with my peers. None of them had ever heard me talk about it prior to this afternoon. To be honest, I was very worried about how it would go, so it was a relief that it went so well! Next step: presenting at Gatlinburg.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Local Visit
Our visit to one of our Kansas families went very nicely today. We were training our newest travel GRA, so the family's house was a bit crowded, but they didn't seem to mind. This child is adorable and cooperative, so even though the family can be difficult to track down, it's not hard once you get there. It did feel strange to do an assessment on Friday and not have to fly there or back! I had a trip and still had my weekend!
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Spring Semester
Today was the first day of spring classes. So far so good, even though I've only been to one so far. ;) I'll go to my other class for the first time tomorrow. Both classes should be challenging but not impossible, and both should be more hands-on than many of my recent classes have been. As in, I'll have exercises and exams instead of leading discussion and writing papers. I'm ready for a little change-of-pace now, though I may change my mind later in the semester!
I've also started going to Zumba! at the student rec center. I'm planning to add a couple more KU Fit classes (yoga, step and/or BodyPump), but I've made it through 2 Zumba classes so far. I'm worn out after, but for the most part I'm enjoying myself. It reminds me a lot of the hip-hop aerobics class I took in high school, but with more Bollywood and Latin influence.
I've also started going to Zumba! at the student rec center. I'm planning to add a couple more KU Fit classes (yoga, step and/or BodyPump), but I've made it through 2 Zumba classes so far. I'm worn out after, but for the most part I'm enjoying myself. It reminds me a lot of the hip-hop aerobics class I took in high school, but with more Bollywood and Latin influence.
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