Teamwork

Yesterday, I went with my department to a conference in Minneapolis. Not only did my advisor pay for my airline ticket and registration at the last minute, but also I was blown away by our department teamwork and atmosphere.

We all sat in the back row, because Erin wanted to work on her dissertation (haha). My advisor was asking our advice on his presentation, so he kept passing his flashdrive from me to Jason (Erin's husband) to Erin, down the line and back again. Then we were also talking and passing notes the whole time. It reminded me of the good times in sixth grade, haha.

My advisor is really into eating healthy and exercising, like me. He showed me this article about how some woman put on a belt and it magically erased 2 inches from her waist in 20 minutes. He said, "I want one!"

We were both sitting there cracking up over that article. It was great. Then I wrote a note that said, "I'm crying right now. There are free cookies over by the water." My advisor stepped on my foot and was like, "Don't do it!!"

Haha. That's the thing that sucks about being gluten free. I'm used to the diet, and I like it. But I have trouble when things are free: cookies, breads, cakes, etc., and I can't have any. It just makes me very sad. Also, free lunch was provided at the conference, but the only thing I could eat was the fruit salad. Sucks =(

Anyway, I was enjoying how chummy my department was being. Also, Erin is perhaps even more addicted to Starbucks than I am. We made many trips to Starbucks throughout the day to keep our caffeine levels nice and happy. So there was that as well.

All in all, it was a fun day.