The last few weeks have been quite something. If I’ve been brief – administrative, even – it’s only because I’ve been caught up with home life, work life, and linux life. I ran my first road race a couple of weeks ago, the SLAC annual run/walk. It’s a four mile run up and down the linear accelerator, and it’s the first time I’ve ever run more than 3 miles. I came in last in my age group, and fourth or fifth from last overall, but I’ve never had so much fun running in a straight line. Jodi was kind enough to slow it way down and run with me.
Last week was Thanksgiving. After a very successful week of research, Jodi and I dropped everything and spent time with with friends and even some family. We had a lovely dinner, with lots of eating and watching movies and sleeping. Ah, the tryptophan coma – delish! It was a damned good Thanksgiving, considering the fact that we were so far from most of our family.
With family in town, we wanted to hit all the sights. We managed to get to San Francisco and have a great walking tour. However, our attempt to go to wine country the next day was thwarted by a nasty, NASTY bout of food poisoning. Jodi was as sick as I’ve ever seen anybody in my entire life. I didn’t get much sleep, while I kept an eye on Jodi and tried to make her comfortable. By the afternoon she was keeping fluids and solids down, and by evening she was tired, four pounds lighter, but at least able to sleep.
We bid farewell to family the next day, crashed, and have been recovering this week while digging into our work. Talks to write, collaboration meetings to prep for, and research to complete.
