Helfgott's NYU talk on Tuesday got out at 4:30pm and so I walked over to 14th Street, hopped on a crowded subway train to the Port Authority and got swept up in the rush hour swarm of people. Each gate serves one bus line, but during rush hour they have multiple express routes, so you have to know which door to stand at within the gate. I swear, ( Read more... )

We had a pretty enjoyable 9 days in Buffalo. We got to see most of Christian's family and also Peter and Nicole (aquinasprime). Nicole once again made her three-layer cookies that are to die for. Getting to talk to everyone was a lot of fun and I got to play some games that I hadn't played in a long time: spades, chess, Risk, and even Apples to Apples, which I ( Read more... )

All my students are getting nasty stomach viruses and awful diseases. I am just going to try to keep healthy and avoid them as much as possible. Unfortunately, they have an exam on Wednesday so I'm sure even the sick ones will be in my office hours today and tomorrow. I got sick right after their last exam with the same virus that everyone else had ( Read more... )

The final day of the conference I woke up extra early to finish my talk. This is probably the worst I've ever been in terms of preparing ahead of time, but considering the short notice I had about knowing I'd be going for sure and also the number of things I had to do before I left, I don't feel all that guilty. Especially because I did get it done ( Read more... )

I drove Christian to the airport this morning. He's off for a month to Mexico. I know it's not that long of a trip compared to previous times he's gone, but it still feels like a long time, mainly because I'll be home alone during that period without a structured work schedule to keep me busy. I will have a weeklong trip to France during that time ( Read more... )

I have turned 31 on the 31st. :-)

I was sick yesterday, having finally caught Christian's cold. However, I feel better today, so I should be up for tonight's festivities.

Christian's "food poisoning" that afflicted him yesterday was apparently not something he ate. On the drive home this evening, my stomach started churning and the whole evening I've been afflicted with the same gastroenterological symptoms he had. I didn't vomit, but came close, and have been pretty miserable for the past six hours ( Read more... )

ugh. I'm fairly certain I'm coming down with a cold. The stuffiness in my right ear has migrated by this morning into a stuffiness in my right nostril. By this evening, I've started having to blow my nose regularly. This sucks.

I went to the new faculty orientation today at Smith. It was a whole day event from 8:30-6, so that meant I had to get up super early to arrive there in time. Consequently I didn't get enough sleep last night and throughout the event I tried to hide my lack of energy and have tons of coffee. Well, it sorta worked into the afternoon when I really ( Read more... )

Well, we're in Reno. We rented a truck this morning in Berkeley, drove up to Vacaville and loaded it up with everything we had in storage, closed our account there and drove across the Sierra Nevadas. We no longer have any belongings in California (well, except for that giant tub of chicken bouillon in Mischa's care). This morning, however, I awoke ( Read more... )