We're all heading to Chicago tomorrow to do a quick 3-day academic conference to present some research.  This conference could not be any more inconvenient, as it falls smack-dab in the middle of finals weeks.  Papers, projects, presentations, tigers lions and bears, oh my!

But, we should have some fun.  We have a favorite authentic Greek restaurant that we always visit and it pure goodness.  So tasty!

I'm taking  my camera and I hope to have some good shots to share upon my return!

 

Relishing memories of all that good food...gumbo, po boys, jambalaya, rice-n-beans, mmmmmmmmm food coma.

 
 

Anyone want to take a gander at where I've been the past week?  Come on, guess.  Where else might you hear the bartender say upon hearing your order, "For here or to go?"

Oh, that's right, Nawlins!  I took it easy in The Big Easy all last week, and what a fun time I had.  Visits to Bourbon Street, the Garden District, the park, the aquarium, the riverfront, you name it, I went.  Had fun times and great food, but most of all, I'm glad to be back home where I cuddle with my dogs, return to my goals, and nestle down to work.  Conferences always re-energize me by connecting me more strongly to my field, ensuring a straight focus on my priorities; whenever I return home, I'm eager to get to work, fresh with new possibilities and ideas.

Here's to ideas and working hard.  Cheers.


 

I have a no-pets-on-the-furniture policy in my domain, including on the bed.  If pets are on the furniture, it is by invite only and they are only sporadically invited.  Mainly it is because I don't like the pet hair, and I also acknowledge the fact I have a high-energy breed.  If she gets excited, she could easily jump off the couch quickly and tear a hole in my furniture.  No thanks. 

It's cute how well she knows the rules, too; whenever we have a pet friend visit for an evening or a few days, she'll constantly follow them around and nudge them off if they are leaping on furniture.  She's the furniture police!

But when we are traveling, I invite Cosette up on the bed all the time in hotels...and she is spoiled ROTTEN when she does it.  She flips on her back and curls around in the covers like she is the Princess of the Hotel.  Such a goober.  Probably because she's mocking her owner.