nice work if you can get it

[ilanarama]

This morning I rose early, ran 4 miles, took a shower, had breakfast, and drove 5+ hours to Breckenridge for a conference. This group I work with does it every year about this time, and it's a boondoggle I adore. I get to see all the people I work with face to face instead of via Skype. I get to see the people I used to know when I worked physically at NCAR, and those at other institutions I only see once a year at this conference. There are plenary talks about What The Climate Model Tells Us About How Very Doomed We Are, and there are the working group meetings that are relevant to my interests; and then there are the meetings of other working groups that I don't have to go to, and so those of us who don't have to go to them get together and go mountain biking instead. I am looking forward to going mountain biking!

I have a hotel room all by myself. I'm sprawled on the sofa with my laptop. I feel like I'm pretending to be grown up.