Last week was a real killer. After I spent a tough but rewarding Monday at UCSF, it seemed I didn’t get a single minute to myself. Now that the professors in my group are back at MIT, I’m trying to make sure that the students are making progress and that in general our group is functioning at SLAC. In addition, there are a number of priorities for my BaBar working group that needed addressing last week. Add on top of that the normal splurge of meetings from Wednesday to Friday, plus work on the Braidwood veto system simulation, plus BaBar analysis work, and you have zero time left. Even with Jodi out of town in Santa Barbara and me working til late at night, I barely kept up (and was EXHAUSTED by the weekend). The upswing was that Jodi had an equally rewarding but taxing week, so we both crashed this weekend.
Next week is going to be busy in a different way. Starting early tomorrow morning is the SLAC User’s Organization annual meeting. It’s a chance for users like me to get a real sense of the state of the lab, and my future role in its life. Starting Tuesday is the September BaBar collaboration meeting. And, I barely feel ready for any of this…!
