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Today is shaping up to be a good day.
It started when I woke up as: Last night, for the first time in over a week, I got nearly eight hours of sleep. True, that sleep was from 6:30pm yesterday until 2am this morning -- thus proving that I am most definitely not on Japan time yet -- but I was definitely in need of something approximating a full night's sleep.
It continued when I stepped outside. It has definitely been Summertime in Japan this week... which means that it has been relatively hot (temperature in the high 80s) and quite humid (humidity in the high 80s), with lots of clouds and some rain. Thank goodness for air conditioning! Going outside has felt like walking through a swamp! Today, however, it is bright and sunny with a clear blue sky! Lovely! Meanwhile, the temperature has cooled off just a touch (about 77oF) and the humidity level has dropped considerably (under 50%)... making it quite a joy to be outdoors!
On my way from the dormitory to the meeting this morning, I passed one of the cats that lives around KEK. There are several of them, and it is not uncommon to see them sprawled in patch of sunlight around the lab. I stopped for a bit to pet the kitty; this was a Good ThingTM, as I spent much of yesterday being very sad about the passing of a wonderful little grey tiger kitty.
In between waking up at 2am and heading in to the morning meeting, I revised my talk from Wednesday, making a little less technical (and less controversial) so that it can be shown to the full collaboration at the plenary meeting this afternoon. Still nervous about this... as it will be my first plenary talk on T2K, but I am mostly ready now.
Finally, there is one other piece of good news that arrived today. Mentioning it is rather self-centric[*], so I am placing it behind a cut:
( Looks like there actually is a brain in my head after all. )
In any case, this was certainly welcome news and contributed to making this an excellent morning!
This afternoon, I will be presenting my talk and wrapping up the T2K meeting. This evening, we have the Stony Brook group dinner, with me and RT -- as former Stony Brookers -- included. So wish me luck this afternoon on my talk, dear friends! If that goes well, then today will be quite complete!
[*] On the other hand, if you can't be self-centric on occasion in your own journal, where can you be?
It started when I woke up as: Last night, for the first time in over a week, I got nearly eight hours of sleep. True, that sleep was from 6:30pm yesterday until 2am this morning -- thus proving that I am most definitely not on Japan time yet -- but I was definitely in need of something approximating a full night's sleep.
It continued when I stepped outside. It has definitely been Summertime in Japan this week... which means that it has been relatively hot (temperature in the high 80s) and quite humid (humidity in the high 80s), with lots of clouds and some rain. Thank goodness for air conditioning! Going outside has felt like walking through a swamp! Today, however, it is bright and sunny with a clear blue sky! Lovely! Meanwhile, the temperature has cooled off just a touch (about 77oF) and the humidity level has dropped considerably (under 50%)... making it quite a joy to be outdoors!
On my way from the dormitory to the meeting this morning, I passed one of the cats that lives around KEK. There are several of them, and it is not uncommon to see them sprawled in patch of sunlight around the lab. I stopped for a bit to pet the kitty; this was a Good ThingTM, as I spent much of yesterday being very sad about the passing of a wonderful little grey tiger kitty.
In between waking up at 2am and heading in to the morning meeting, I revised my talk from Wednesday, making a little less technical (and less controversial) so that it can be shown to the full collaboration at the plenary meeting this afternoon. Still nervous about this... as it will be my first plenary talk on T2K, but I am mostly ready now.
Finally, there is one other piece of good news that arrived today. Mentioning it is rather self-centric[*], so I am placing it behind a cut:
( Looks like there actually is a brain in my head after all. )
In any case, this was certainly welcome news and contributed to making this an excellent morning!
This afternoon, I will be presenting my talk and wrapping up the T2K meeting. This evening, we have the Stony Brook group dinner, with me and RT -- as former Stony Brookers -- included. So wish me luck this afternoon on my talk, dear friends! If that goes well, then today will be quite complete!
[*] On the other hand, if you can't be self-centric on occasion in your own journal, where can you be?
