Sunday was a quiet day, the climate is strange, it is not that hot, yet, being outside sees you sweating heaps even when outside for only a few minutes. I notice that many people in New Orleans walk around with a face washer that they use to wipe away the sweat. It has taken me a few days to work that out. My last night at the Bombay club, great martinis, jazz and Steven the worlds best bartender. Met some nice people from Texas, had a chat, had a steak and home to pack for an early start tomorrow.
Monday morning up and at the airport at 6.15am, much quieter and more manageable than Austin which was a huge shock. But I got a little confident and stopped to check emails and missed my flight. A moments panic and definite destain from American Airlines agent and I was on priority standby to go to Dallas (no not again, this is ground hog day, my third connection via Dallas, but will it be my last?). I got on yeah, now I have to do this again in Dallas. In Dallas I managed to get on the flight to Boston. Sleep on both flights still not managing jet lag well. Should have taken a couple of days at the start of this trip to acclimatize...yeah I know you all told me, but I am also so eager...cant waste a minute...
Boston is beautiful but I am now here at 4.10pm and not 2.30pm and I school started at 3.30pm. Feeling stressed, long taxi ride to the hotel as it is now 5pm and peak hour traffic. Hotel is lovely a suite and nice staff. The bed is amazing, really want to lay down, it is calling me with its high pile of soft feather pillows and soft feather doona...oooh but now need to go to class. I throw on a dress, shoes a little makeup and grab a cab. Get in the cab and he has no idea where I need to go...bugga could this day get any worse...probably!! I google it using my phone...what is the bill going to be like?? I have been spoilt in Singapore with Taxis that know where they are going.
Finally here, have a glass of wine and there is food - yeah have not eaten all day. Class was interesting, if this is what it will be like it will be amazing. Get back to the hotel and decide I need supplies so I head off for a walk. I left my adapter at the Princes Conti in New Orleans so went searching,it is late and dark. The houses around here are lovely, walked for an hour and found a little supermarket but now I am lost. A couple of young women give me directions so it is home for white oreos and milk...the milk is nutritious!!! I did also have a cheese sandwich and an apple don't panic.
Back here at 7.45pm the next morning after leaving at 8.30pm last night... it is incredibly fantastic and interesting. Today we have been discussing neuroscience of learning, universal design for learning and a fantastic activity whereby all 60 of us were neurons and we had to be a neuonal network, with David Rose as a facilitator - too complex to explain ut it was fun.
Back tomorrow at 7.45am is this grad school or boot camp?
No comments:
Post a Comment