Monday, October 22nd, 2012
Mohonk Mountain House (Thursday & Friday Oct. 18th-19th, 2012)  Sunset-ish

Good morning!  Sorry I missed you all last week on Thurs. and Fri.  I was away at Mohonk Mountain House for the second time this year at the Immunology Retreat.  It was a great success - lots of fun.  We invited an external speaker from Harvard to give the Keynote address on Thursday evening and his talk was absolutely fascinating.  We also had time for some hiking (pictures shown above), dancing, drinking, eating, and enjoying the place.  I absolutely love Mohonk - I don't think it could ever get old. 

All of that fun was eliminated this weekend when I spent literally 15 hours in lab over Sat. and Sun.  I have to give lab meeting this morning, and I had a ton of data to organize, process, and think of how I would present it.  It's weird how time just slips away when you're in lab on a weekend.  You walk in at 11:30am, and when you leave it's dark and 6pm and you've just been sitting at your computer the entire time.  I've practiced a few times now and give it at 9:30am this morning.  I'm a little nervous, but mostly just excited to get a chance to share my data. 

Well - time to practice and make a few little updates to my slides before meeting! 

Have a great day!