back-from-conference bullets

• The presentations went well. And by "well" I mean I didn't trip over myself too often (literally or figuratively), there were people in both audiences (~5 in one, ~50 in another) and I managed the no-notes-(although-guided-by-a-powerpoint)-connecting-to-the-audience-with-inflection approach fairly well.
• I got perhaps eight hours of sleep, total, while I was there. Why can I not sleep at conferences? I can sleep in hotels in other situations just fine. This is not a good character trait for an academic who expects to do the conference thing for years to come. Maybe I need to drink more.
• Can I tell you how happy I am to have my very own bed in the next room?
• I didn't see as many familiar faces at the conferences as I'd hoped but, then again, I wasn't there very long. I did manage to catch up with a few people I like, though.
• I miss Grad School Friend. We are such fundamentally different people but she is just so great. I suspect I drive her nuts a fair bit of the time - between my short fuse, tendency to curse, and unwillingness to suffer fools gladly - but she takes it with good grace. Good friend, indeed.
• Did I mention how happy I am to sleep in my own bed tonight?
• I have another date tomorrow. Little nervous about that. Which is ridiculous yet true.