Hi Deb, Josie, Joan, and Cathy--
This morning I did Bootcamp Boogie (63 min.).
I'm back! A really well-organized conference, and Cambridge was absolutely gorgeous--so old, but so well kept. I stayed at Pembroke College and every night we had these glorious meals in either a large hall or the old library. I did several walks taking me to various places mentioned by Plath and Hughes, visited a great museum--the Fitz-William--and just soaked in the whole atmosphere. My paper was controversial, which was great--I wanted to be provocative--and it led to many conversations with scholars from all over the world. Travel continues to be just plain awful. Long lines in Heathrow, long lines in Washington-Dulles, and in Dulles I could not believe the endless, circuitous route I needed to follow to get to my connecting flight. I would go up and down and up and down escalators endlessly, then a train, then another elevator, more escalators. I think I was in various forms of transport on Saturday from 6 A.M. in Cambridge to 7 P.M. in Albany, so we're talking about 20 hours total of travel time. And I had to get up at 4:30 in Cambridge to catch my bus to Heathrow. Quel Horreur!! I also hardly slept for several days because I never overcame jet lag. I wanted to sleep just when I needed to get up for the morning sessions of the conference.
I tried to catch up with last week's entries, and Joan, you sound like a madwoman. I can understand your husband's comment. You are a veritable whirlwind.
Hi everyone!