Travel Calculus

Arrive to the conference early to take in a day of skiing before the conference.
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90 minute delay in take off at Boston, with a mad dash to our connecting flight in Portland.
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Luggage stuck in Portland = No ski equipment = No skiing = Working on the talk and the grant.

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Hi Alexander,
So, you're having trouble getting your belongings.
I hope that you got them by now.
Hope you are doing well and getting some rest
love you
mom

I got everything the next day and I went skiing. The meeting is good - my talk went well and tonight I present a poster. Tomorrow we'll try to go skiing between the sessions. I don't know when I'll have time to post - probably when I get back to Boston.