woo, politics

I've been at a conference in Santa Fe all week - had been planning to head home on Friday after the last meeting. Not that I was planning to, um, actually go to the last meeting. After the first hectic day, I've only had to go to a few meetings here and there - unfortunately, they've broken up the days badly and I haven't been able to go to one single museum. Fortunately, I've been here before and have seen the major sights; I've managed to walk around downtown a lot and eat in fancy places on someone else's dime, and I went on a lovely run along the "river" this morning. (I prefer my rivers with actual running water, myself.)

So this morning I was getting dressed and listening to NPR, and they announced that Kerry and Edwards are coming to Albuquerque on Friday evening! Well, that's only 60 miles from here. And the drive home from there is no farther than the drive from here - sort of an equilateral triangle arrangement. Best of all, I know someone in Albuquerque who will put me up for the night.

So yay, I get to stay (most of) the day in Santa Fe and play tourist, then I get to go cheer on John & John. It should be quite a show - the place here in Santa Fe that was giving out tickets was doing a land-office business, it seemed. When Britt and I visited Boston during the summer of 2000, we went to a Gore/Lieberman rally there, and it was so much fun - you don't get to that level of politics without being an interesting and motivating speaker.