Friday I rented a car, packed up my stuff, and drove over the mountains to Corvallis to spend the weekend with Vicki and Bob. I hadn't planned on this, but it turned out to be a great idea. Thanks Vicki. Friday afternoon I spent with Bob, first to his probability class then to an excellent seminar on billiard trajectories on rational polygons. I was surprised at how accessible this all was to me, after years of no math. In the evening, Bob and Vicki and I went to a math professor reception party for the visiting seminar speaker and had a good time chatting with Linda, Ed and Yeygeny. Good converstation was really the theme of the weekend. Bob and I have a similar distracted rambling style, and share many interests. This was good stuff. Vicki helped me learn more where I come from, telling me stories of my parents and grandparents from times I'd not heard of. I'll keep ending sentences with prepositions; that's what they're for. Anyway, this was an excellent rest weekend with folks as close as family. I wish I could have stayed longer, but the road ahead was calling.
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