M*chelle and I went out of town for the weekend, thanks very much to a grandma who was willing to babysit the clan for 48 hours. We stayed at a nice hotel. We even got the first night comped thanks to a room mixup where they checked our room out to someone else at 9pm. At least we had the latch on the door so they didn't just barge in. We were just sitting on the bed watching "Juno" after a nice relaxing hour or so in a hot tub.
We had lots of good food, and we got to see lots of live music, which made M*chelle happy. Unfortunately, the place we went Saturday night to watch music started off ok. We got there 30 minutes before the show in a little open courtyard between two big buildings. There were about two dozen tables, and we sat in the front.
As time went on, more and more people showed up, and it was becoming abundantly clear there weren't going to be enough chairs and tables for everyone, so people just started standing in front of us. Oh well, I guess we have to stand for the show. Then it got so packed that we were like sardines. Our chairs were useful to have behind us so we could have a little bit of a buffer between the rest of the crowd on one side and also so we could sit between sets.
Fun, very loud show, and the crowd was fairly drunk and unruly. Me, I'd rather be on the couch watching a baseball game, but it was an interesting experience, definitely my first one in what effectively turned into a mosh pit.
This morning, it is back to reality with an 8am final. I didn't like taking them as a student, and I don't like giving them as a faculty member.
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