And You May Ask Yourself: "Well, How Did I Get Here?"

About an hour ago, my boss came into the office and informed me that I should look into flights to Paris for tomorrow night or Thursday morning. Apparently, there is an inter-experiment meeting about European dark matter searches on Thursday & Friday that I might want to attend.

My goodness -- isn't this is a far different way of doing things than when I was at Fermilab? There, all international travel needed to be initiated two months in advance. I like this way much better... which I suppose is not surprising -- after all, OK Cupid has determined that I am "Random", not "Deliberate". Of course, if this trip happens, it will mean missing my Thursday evening bell ringing lesson... but it will also mean a free[*] Saturday in Paris before I come home.

And here I was just starting to get antsy about not having gone anywhere (except Stratford-upon-Avon) for the past four weeks. Ah, sometimes I love my life. Now then, time to see if there are affordable plane tickets and accommodations available to make this trip possible...

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[*] "Free" meaning both "free time" (as the meetings will be over and I can do what I like) and "at no monetary expense" (as both airfare and hotel cost will be covered).

And You May Ask Yourself: "Well, How Did I Get Here?"

About an hour ago, my boss came into the office and informed me that I should look into flights to Paris for tomorrow night or Thursday morning. Apparently, there is an inter-experiment meeting about European dark matter searches on Thursday & Friday that I might want to attend.

My goodness -- isn't this is a far different way of doing things than when I was at Fermilab? There, all international travel needed to be initiated two months in advance. I like this way much better... which I suppose is not surprising -- after all, OK Cupid has determined that I am "Random", not "Deliberate". Of course, if this trip happens, it will mean missing my Thursday evening bell ringing lesson... but it will also mean a free[*] Saturday in Paris before I come home.

And here I was just starting to get antsy about not having gone anywhere (except Stratford-upon-Avon) for the past four weeks. Ah, sometimes I love my life. Now then, time to see if there are affordable plane tickets and accommodations available to make this trip possible...

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[*] "Free" meaning both "free time" (as the meetings will be over and I can do what I like) and "at no monetary expense" (as both airfare and hotel cost will be covered).