I get to sleep in my own bed for a night and then I'm off to Chicago for 3 days. Well, it's really only 1 full day and dinner and breakfast. Which reminds me: I should probably get myself some lunch at some point tomorrow. Hmm...planning fail.
My post New York reflections reveal that traveling is hard, even when traveling only 2 hours away by train. It may be that I was working on my poster all during the train ride over and really got no respite. I was back for all of 1.5 days and most of that was spent finishing a midterm and frantically reading stuff. I'm not complaining about the traveling; after all, I get to see great institutions and meet wonderful people, but in hindsight (maybe even in foresight), the whole getting on three sets of moving vehicles in a week was probably not the most enlightened of choices.
I'm excited about going to Chicago because it's my first real visit; I've been interviewing everywhere else so there's always a sense of urgency and stress. After all, although you're interviewing the institution, you're not really are you? They're still interviewing you and ultimately, you're not in yet, so you'd better look sharp. With a visit, I can only assume it'll be different, that people will be more in "recruit" mode so things will be less tense. One can only hope.
Well, tomorrow, off on the plane. Looking forward to the Windy City.
My post New York reflections reveal that traveling is hard, even when traveling only 2 hours away by train. It may be that I was working on my poster all during the train ride over and really got no respite. I was back for all of 1.5 days and most of that was spent finishing a midterm and frantically reading stuff. I'm not complaining about the traveling; after all, I get to see great institutions and meet wonderful people, but in hindsight (maybe even in foresight), the whole getting on three sets of moving vehicles in a week was probably not the most enlightened of choices.
I'm excited about going to Chicago because it's my first real visit; I've been interviewing everywhere else so there's always a sense of urgency and stress. After all, although you're interviewing the institution, you're not really are you? They're still interviewing you and ultimately, you're not in yet, so you'd better look sharp. With a visit, I can only assume it'll be different, that people will be more in "recruit" mode so things will be less tense. One can only hope.
Well, tomorrow, off on the plane. Looking forward to the Windy City.
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