The Bistro

The holiday season turns our house into a bistro. We just put up the lights yesterday. I think it's time to update to LED lighting. Corey wants to add some color as well to make it look less like a bistro and more like holiday decorations. I don't mind the bistro look, maybe we should leave it up all year? They serve good sorbet at the bistro.

Corey found this fat-free alternative to dessert. It's not bad although the lemon-flavored variety is really tangy. Better for us probably than moose tracks, NY fudge chunk, or chubby hubby. Which reminds me: time again to start thinking about next year's resolution. Maybe after I get back from the latest trip I'm on.

I am once again at GSP, waiting on a flight out to DTW, then on to AMS, and then HEL. Helsinki, that is. And then another flight to Tampere. I'll be there a couple of days visiting eye tracking friends and giving a talk (which I need to complete once I finish updating the blog). Then it's a 5-hour train ride to Joensuu where I play opponent to a PhD candidate. I need to finish preparing for that as well. Afterwards another flight for a couple of days in Helsinki. I needed a couple nights' stay there to catch the 06:00 flight out to AMS next week. Then it's back through DTW and home again. Hopefully it won't be too dark or cold in Finland. When I left the house it was sunny and going to 76F. A bit of a warm spell we're having the last couple of days.

Yesterday I finally found some time to relax. We sat on the dock watching the sun set in the warm late evening. Corey said it felt like spring. Saturday was a nice breezy day. I wish I could have had time to go sailing, but I was too busy wrapping up the 2nd of 2 proposals. This last week was very hectic: two papers, two proposals, conference management, and all during last week of classes. Anyway, now that's all done so I can concentrate on finishing preparation for Finland.

If I get there that is...they just announced the flight to DTW will come in at 15:45. Meanwhile the flight out to AMS is supposed to leave at 16:10...they said anything after 16:15 is OK, so looks like I'm in a spot of trouble. I'll have to go queue up with the rest of the people with connections to see whether I'll get to Helsinki on time or not...stay tuned...