I was productive and bought my registration and tickets for AWP; I have a long layover in Minneapolis -- four hours. Now that Kirstie's gone, I'm not sure if I know anyone in Minneapolis. It'd be nice to drag someone out to the airport to have coffee with me...but who's there? I'm sure there's someone, but I don't know who...and my Palm desktop software doesn't seem to know how to search the contacts list except by name. That's a shame, since searching by city or state would often be useful. In any case, I'll be in New Orleans from 3/6 - 3/9, and have several hours on 3/6 before the conference starts, for coffee and sight-seeing. Should be fun, even if I end up wandering alone. I've never been to New Orleans. I'll take the digital camera and be a proper tourist. Kevin thinks I should take off my shirt for beads, but I don't actually particularly want beads. We'll just have to wait and see how it goes...
Okay, go get groceries, drop them off, then off to campus for meetings and a job talk and maybe a little library research. It's snowing heavily, and part of me just wants to hide inside. But I'm not going to be that much of a wimp; the world may be cold and snowy, but I think I can take it.