First full day of the conference, and first breakfast at the hotel- had a bag delivered to the door this morning promptly at 7:30' with 1/2 L milk, a bag of ground coffe and one filter, a little bag filled with 3 fresh rolls, all different from one another, 2 little jam jars and butter pats, and a kiwi. The coffe was great - with the coffee maker I actually had enough to have a cup, then fill my tumbler - more than I can say I've gotten anywhere else. The kiwi was also the only fruit I saw all day. However, we did see some greens at dinner since they had lettuce, a carrot slaw and another slaw that I think was like a turnip, but am not sure - I have to ask HJ tomorrow if he can tell me.
Most of the day was filled with talks, and my poster was this evening - ended up chatting with about 5 people, but spent 2 hrs doing so. In fact, Lora Leigh, I even had Marit Nielsen-Hamilton stop by for a chat! As well though, think a good connection was made with a post-doc from Seattle who I will hopefully be hearing from after the meeting. Headed back to the hotel at 10:15, and note as I'm writing this that I'm down to 4% battery so think I'll go plug in. Tomorrow afternoon is a planned hike, so hopefully I'll have some good pictures to show.
Sorry - I am a little behind! How is Marit? Is she retired? I am pretty sure she left ISU but wasn't sure if it was another position or retirement. Any good ISU gossip?
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