Day 1 - Air and Space and Boston

Monday Traveling Day - Traveling all day and tired but excited to get to see a new place. So glad the museums don't open until 10:00 so that we can sleep in a bit. I was already jet lagged and I was also going to have to leave my guys onTuesday afternoon to take a plane to Boston. I hated having to leave them so early in our trip. Good thing G checked out a bus/boat tour of the area on Wednesday.

Tuesday Day 1 - And so we headed out to the Air and Space Museum - I really hope Ale would be impressed by all the aeronautic paraphenalia (sp?) contained in this one space. Even if he wasn't I sure was! WOW! Planes, space ships, peopleless objects orbiting in space, jet fighters, the Wright Brothers, hubblescope, planets, black holes - the ENTIRE UNIVERSE - amazing! But then the time came and I had to leave...

My Trip to Boston - Got to the airport hell of early (2:30 for a 6:15 flight). The receptionist at the hotel advised I leave by 2:00 due to traffic, but alas i didn't have to. Then my flight was delayed from 6:15 to 8:13 - AAAGGGGG. So I didn't get into Boston until 10:30 p.m. I hate traveling alone. I don't know how people do it regularly. It is such a lonely experience even though you are around thousands of people. Even one of my favorite past times - people-watching was not making me feel any better. I was not a happy camper at all! Got to the hotel - Le Meridien - nice place.

Next Day - Wednesday - Great meeting! - met some great people - Rita, from Washington, Elizabeth from Kansas and Laura from New Mexico - I look forward to knowing them as well as learning with them. Working to reduce/eliminate health disparities is my passion! The people working in this area are impressive and I appreciate having this opportunity. But I really need my vacation NOW!!! So I take a 5:30 flight out as soon as the meeting is over and I'm back in DC by 8:00p.m. to have dinner with my two guys at the Cafe Bistro!

Viola!