Going to medical school interviews, attending scientific conferences, visiting friends, watching crew races, and going home for the holidays had me hopping around all across the country this past fall. On top of that, I was still enrolled as a full-time college student. I can now say, without exaggeration (but to borrow a line from my favorite flash animated Frenchman), that "I am le tired!!!" Here's what went down over the past 4 months--and what happened in its wake.
Left for Baltimore 8/26
Retreat #1 8/27-8/29
Retreat #2 9/2-9/3
Nashville, TN 9/4-9/5
(meanwhile school started on 9/4...)
Biophysics retreat 9/12-9/13
Norcal 9/18-9/21
San Diego, CA 9/21-9/22
Hanover, NH 9/24-9/25
New Haven, CT 9/25-9/26
Boston, MA 9/28-9/29
Carbondale, IL 10/4-10/7
Holmdel, NJ 10/11-10/12
NYC 10/13
Philadelphia, PA 10/23-10/26
Ann Arbor, MI 11/13-11/14
Norcal 11/21-11/30
NYC 12/11
Returned to Norcal 12/16
LA 12/19
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TRAVEL SUMMARY
Total air mileage: enough for 2 free round-trip tickets
Total costs (in US$): enough for a new arm and leg (in Korean won)
Most significant sacrifice: sleep
Least significant sacrifice: skipping tons of class
Water bottles confiscated: 2
Times "randomly searched" at security: 0 (Asian girls have a natural immunity... cuteness! ^_^! teehee)
Times a Middle Easterner in front of me "randomly searched": 2 (sigh...)
Delayed flights: >5
Favorite airport amenity: free wifi
Least favorite airport amenity: boingo wireless wifi
New friendships: 50
New friends I plan to stay in contact with: 0.5
Sanity: fragilely intact
Final thoughts: would do it all over again
