Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Danville

... I am uncertain of the weather. Then on to Arizona- hopefully it is warmer than Indiana. It is only 40s here so. duh...

The flights will put me into Tucson by 1pm hopefully. We are to meet the Bell family and then....

I will keep you posted.

... has been awarded multiple RO1 awards from NINR. Her presentation was an excellent overview of her research trajectory and one of the points she made was how much we can accomplish when a team of people come together and we help each other. She left everyone with the impression that she had indeed worked hard throughout the evolution of her work but that everyone else involved had also worked very hard and she appreciated and understood their ...

... Life. It was very interesting. I thought about multiple applications and I thought about its usefulness when we're unable to obtain speciality clinical rotations, e.g., pediatrics or OB.
At 5 pm, there were regional meetings (we will be in Region 12 once we are chartered) for everyone. Here I was warmly welcomed by the other 34 chapters in our region and I got to brag about our ...

Bloomington, Illinois... oy!

My time in the actual city of Bloomington was rather uneventful. I stayed in the hotel that night and enjoyed some Chinese food delivery, and then we had a really good show for a rather small, but appreciative audience.

Leaving Bloomington is really where the chaos begins. The show actually took place in Normal, IL... what kind of a city name is that anyway?!? When driving out of town, headed ...

... was reminded of how much people have given of themselves to advance the profession of nursing. I returned from the Headquarter's visit renewed in my purpose to get our Honor Society Chartered! And then.....well I went on to several receptions one of which included a chocolate fountain with fresh fruit.....that and a glass of wine ended my day!

... br>I will spend the next half hour getting ready for the first meeting of the House of Delegates. At 6 pm I am reporting downstairs to board a bus that will take me to the Brick Paver Celebration at the STTI headquaters. This will include a tour of Headquarters followed by several receptions back at the Marriot Hotel.

I have met the Region 12 Coordinator, Anne Muller. Anne has agreed that if it fits into her schedule she will come from ...

... the point). Afterall, I was able to relax and talk shop with Chris and the grad students, who are all serious about the science yet easy going...my kind of people. In between interviews on Friday James, Garren, and I had lunch with Chris and her grad students, and at night everyone was invited to dinner and a party with all the faculty and grad students at one of the professors' house. They had awesome food and coolers full of good beer, plus ...

While we were stopped for a couple of days in Indiana, and only a couple hours away, we took a drive one sunny day to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, spending about an hour in the museum there. It was great to see the old race cars - and to remember when this was the only televised auto race! Pictures to follow, as our signal is dropping off, even as I write. Wanted to get the map pin in, if possible!

Dick and I had plotted a road trip for several weeks. We had two of our comrades join in only to back out several days before out departure and so it hurt us financially, but we decided to go anyway... Instead of California as we originally planned, we instead chose Louisiana and New Orleans as our destination, due partly to our now limited funds... We left the morning of July 1, 2006 from Attica, Indiana, Dick's hometown and made our way ...

... of boxers - 7 Pairs of socks - 1 Pair of jeans - 1 Polo shirt - 1 Button down - 1 Pair of slacks - Sneakers - Sandals - Sunglasses - MP3 Player - Malaria prevention pills - Vitamin pills - Toiletries bag - Camera - Rainjacket - Travel journal - Guidebooks - First aid kit - Locks - Passport - Wallet - Small photo album - Water bottle - Hostle sleeping bag - Travel Pillow