Okay, my paper went okay. We went out for sushi. I had wonderful sweet ginger martinis. So, the conference wasn’t a complete wash. That said, I have to point out that Amtrak has some issues. Our train ride home was supposed to take 5 hours — and thanks to four “delays” for freight trains, ended [...]
Archive for April, 2007
Home.
Posted in It's My Life, tagged Amtrak, Foodie Files, Travel on April 13, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Maybe I’m just in a bad mood…
Posted in It's My Life, The Professoriate, Travel, tagged Conferences, Sick, Travel on April 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
… or else I had forgotten just how much I hate, hate, HATE, this particular conference … or else, I should have never decided to stay in the actual conference hotel. I don’t know. I’m sick. I have a headache. I don’t feel like fucking around with crowds. All these self-important people with name tags, [...]
Alive.
Posted in It's My Life, tagged Conferences, Sick, Travel on April 11, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Made it from home to the train station without barfing.
Ate food. Didn’t puke.
Made it through four hours on the train without barfing.
Even ate 1/2 a sandwich.
Bathrooms were completely nasty on the train.
Very, very glad that stomach problems have solved themselves.
Now, I just need my back to stop hurting.
And yes, the Coach actually had to tie [...]
Going.
Posted in It's My Life, The Professoriate, tagged Conferences, Sick, Travel on April 11, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Well, I don’t really have a choice. We are past the window of opportunity to cancel our hotel room, so we’d be paying $401 no matter what. Go fuckin’ figure.
To Go or Not to Go?
Posted in It's My Life, The Professoriate, tagged Conferences, Sick, Travel on April 11, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I am still in pain. The barfing has passed, but I feel like a horse has kicked me in the back about 50 times. And I am supposed to be catching the train for my conference at 5 p.m. today. Part of me wants to stay home and wallow. The other part says I should [...]
Barf Fest 2007*
Posted in It's My Life, Wifely Wisdom, tagged Sick on April 9, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Oh god. I don’t think I need to explain. The title says it all. Of course, I have to leave Wednesday for a conference. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
* Barf Fest 2007 should not be confused with Vomit-arama 2006, when I got too drunk at a party and spewed red wine all over my [...]
The Outlaws, PLUS Anonymous Road-Trippen
Posted in It's My Life, The Foodie Files, Travel, tagged Books, Family, pop culture, Shopping, Travel on April 8, 2007 | 5 Comments »
In less than 12 hours, my “outlaws” will be returning to their native land. And I’ll spend at least eight of those hours sleeping. Woot! It’s been a long weekend. I went road-trippen on Friday and had a blast. It was an excellent feeling to get the hell out of Sorta’ Cosmopolitan, even though MapQuest has [...]
