What a couple of weeks. I’ve been pretty lax about keeping the blog, but I’ll try to make up for some of that. My attention was first distracted by the winter Babar collaboration meeting, a four-day morning-to-night affair that was draining and exhilarating. I got to catch up on a lot of work, and report most of it to the collaboration in several presentations. I’m thinking ahead to summer results, which will be nice. But I also realize that there is a ton of work left to do, and little time to do it.
The same day the meeting ended, my sister arrived for a one-week visit. This was her first trip to see us in California, and her first time in the state. She was super-eager to take a lot of hikes, and of course hit wine country and see San Francisco. We did all of that, and she and Jodi did a lot more. I got tired out pretty hard core by the 10 mile hike in Wunderlich Park, a hike that takes you to the top of the Santa Cruz mountains. She and Jodi then went on a 10 miles hike in Big Basin park, which was even more strenuous than Wunderlich. I didn’t go on that one. I did join them for the walk through San Francisco, starting from the 4th and King CalTrain station and ending at Fisherman’s Wharf. This included a hike up Lombard Street, then down to the marina, and then back to Market St. on a cable car. Our adventures are “photo-documented on my website”:http://steve.cooleysekula.net/photos/Kate2007.
This weekend, I had hoped to sleep in for the first weekend in two weeks, but I founf myself scraped out of bed by the small army of painters here to paint the landlady’s house (which includes our cottage). I hit the coffee, a little s annoyed. But I must say that the house looks very bright and clean, and I will be pleased with the outcome. I topped off my weekend by using the inertia from this past week’s walks and hikes to bike to SLAC. I wanted to find out how much time it would take me, since I want to bike to work one day a week (for starters). I gotta get more exercise, and this is a fine way to do it.
The fun with family, and the exercise, has cleared my head quite a bit. I’m looking forward to getting back to physics this week.
