SfN - a summary

sorry I didn't manage to post during the last two days of the conference. just to fill you in on all the adventures that ensued Monday evening into Tuesday into Wednesday, I'll include some highlights below:

Monday night - Tuesday early AM

1. drank mojitos out of tiki glasses with plastic decorative monkeys at the Wash U social
2. drank g&t's while yelling from the bar the correct way to pronounce S's last name to the president-elect of SfN who was at the podium recognizing her award- ooops
   
3. drank champagne and was tipsy while presenting my 1-slide/1-minute to much applause
4. didn't get into the MIT party b/c of the line around the block
   
5. found the car in the deserted parking lot had been side-swiped
6. was packed and in bed by 2 am

Tuesday

1. up at 6 am to get ready and get to the convention center by 7ish
2. presented poster non-stop from 8 am to noon



3. collapse on floor of convention center
4. eat pizza and ice cream for lunch and do no science for the rest of the day- yay!
5. Herzog Nation dinner at the Prado in Balboa Park- lots of sangria and awesome food
6. re-pack and in bed by 11:30

Wednesday (aka airport hell day)

1. up at 4 am to get ready and take taxi to SD airport
2. board flight at 6 am for Chicago
3. arrive in Chicago to find flight to StL has been canceled- wtf?!
4. get re-booked on flight to cedar rapids, IA (no, I'm not kidding) with connection to StL
5. get on plane to cedar rapids - oil leaking from engine - get off plane (seriously, stop laughing)
   
6. get on new plane to cedar rapids
7. land in one of the smallest airports I have ever been in
8. get to walk outside to board next plane to StL- imagine North by Northwest
   
9. arrive in StL 3+ hours after I should have to find that my luggage is not on the belt
   
10. claim luggage that arrived hours earlier b/c it got on a direct flight
11. arrive home at 7 pm and crash

ah, SfN. thank god you are only once a year. as S says, "I f-ing hate this meeting!"