Relaxing
Spending a couple days in New Hampshire for combined business and pleasure. I gave a lecture on Thursday, then am spending Friday through Sunday AM hanging out around my prior College, seeing some old friends and former collaborators, and watching my old house initiate new members. I'm also figuring on getting in some much-needed time to study for my upcoming board exam and do some serious lit-searching. Practically, I know social time will expand to fill the available space, but any time I'm not scurrying around a hospital is a good thing.
Realized on the way to the airport that this is my first trip away since marrying jennifermuppet. it's strange -- our relationship before we moved to Seattle was pretty much defined by me being away. AMA meetings, research conferences, interviews, India, family vacations, this same lecture... there wasn't a single month that I didn't spend at least a weekend away. It feels different now that we've had nearly a year of constant contact. I'm happy too -- even though I'm not going anywhere I haven't been a thousand times before, I actually do miss the constant shuffle of airports, rentals, and receipts.
There's a couple applications in the ire for various boards and committees, so perhaps I'll be doing more of this in coming years. There'll certainly be more scientific conferences as the research gets going and I get data I can present.
Realized on the way to the airport that this is my first trip away since marrying jennifermuppet. it's strange -- our relationship before we moved to Seattle was pretty much defined by me being away. AMA meetings, research conferences, interviews, India, family vacations, this same lecture... there wasn't a single month that I didn't spend at least a weekend away. It feels different now that we've had nearly a year of constant contact. I'm happy too -- even though I'm not going anywhere I haven't been a thousand times before, I actually do miss the constant shuffle of airports, rentals, and receipts.
There's a couple applications in the ire for various boards and committees, so perhaps I'll be doing more of this in coming years. There'll certainly be more scientific conferences as the research gets going and I get data I can present.