kareina

Today is the first day since arriving at the confrence that I haven't been running about frantically trying to solve a crisis. Monday was the registration complications, Tuesday was the poster debacle, but today is quiet and mellow. (note, I've posted more geo-blogs than just those two since arriving at the confrence.) Sure, it was raining this morning, but I enjoyed the walk nonetheless, and I can happily report that my light weight winter dress coat in progress is very water resistant--46 minutes in the rain and the silk lining didn't get wet (nor did any parts of my body covered by the coat, which is most of me). I look forward to finishing it--pity that many of the presentations I wish to see are posters rather than talks--it is easier to stitch during talks than walking about looking at posters.

Since today is a quiet day in terms of what I want to learn at the confrence, with only posters on my schedule, I'm making it a social day. I'll be heading off to a free lunch for geobloggers in half an hour, followed by a desert date with the beautiful emma7926, and this evening I'm meeting my step-sister and her husband for dinner.

Yesterday I had planned a lunch date with inner_kitten, but had to cancel due to trying to get the poster back (see link above), so instead walked out to her office and met her as she got off of work. She didn't have much time to visit (she's in her final year of law school), but she drove me back to the home of j_i_m_r and tafelspitz, so we had a good 20 minutes to chat. She also gave me a couple of avocados from her boss's tree. Yum! In the evening I helped j_i_m_r make her holiday Rum Balls, whcih were quite fun to make, if a bit messy. Not something I'd enjoy eating because of the coco powder, but for those of you who like chocolate it would be a hit. As we rolled them I couldn't help but wonder if I could used these as an inspiration to make something similar but chocolate-free that I would enjoy.

Tomorrow I present my poster, and Friday morning early I fly out to Seattle, where I'll help my mother celebrate her birthday before heading on to Alaska for more holidays.

Now I'm turning the computer off in anticipation of lunch, which isn't actually on the schedule for another 40 minutes, but I can start making my way slowly over to the hotel nonetheless.