long trip, short trip, doesn’t matter. Seeing signs for your city, signs for your street, the sign for your block. Number on the curb, above the garage. Home.
Oh, you wanted me to do this enormous task in an impossible amount of time? No u didn’t :) I’m actually not gonna do that, and good luck finding someone who will :-)
Especially a smaller conference with your professional and academic peers where everyone else is as passionate about your niche nerdy topic as you are. People will be super cool and supportive and excited to hear what you’ve been up to. And in the best of cases you’ll get to hear good feedback from well established and respected scientists!
Last night was a double feature: Jennifer’s Body (2009) and mother! (2017). Both excellent movies to watch with other ppl and discuss afterwards. We plan to follow this same model of watching one unserious/chick-flick type film from the 2000s and following it up with a psychological horror/thriller. Excited to continue this tradition!