This was an odd megaconference which means most of the papers were outside my areas of expertise. Met a dear Bohemian friend and discussed her latest conference romance, took a nap during some important papers, was bored by others that should have interested me, got inspired by a few that were completely off tangent, escaped one cocktail party in order to get some sleep, ended up having an after-after-afterparty in my hotel room the next night, charmed a panel, didn’t get to eat proper dinner two evenings in a row, ran on a treadmill for the first time ever, saw some fall foliage and Pennsylvanian suburbs, had a great conversation with Turkish taxi driver who gave me references to poets I should read and half of my tip back, got a ride home in Chicago from an important professor which was very nice.

Yesterday: A miniature version of the same. Thursday-Sunday this week: The same all over again. I’m really building stamina here.