Due to an unexpected trip down to the vet in Albuquerque on Thursday, I worked on Friday (Veteran's Day). Due to the demo I have to give to the IAEA in Vienna in December, I am working through all my weekends between now and when I leave (December 2nd). I did take a couple hours off yesterday to not play dodgeball, but otherwise its as though the weekend never happened.

Speaking of December and my being out of the country, here is my tentative itinerary:

* Leave Los Alamos on December 2nd
* Arrive in Moscow on December 3rd
* Leave Moscow and travel to Vienna on December 8th
* Leave Vienna and arrive in Los Alamos on December 17th

Also, I'll be in Hawai'i from December 30th to January 9th. Can I get a job with Lonely Planet or something? The penalty for all this travel (which I am very much looking forward to) is that I don't get any days off, including weekends, between now and then.

I did manage to make it to Nate's place last night to watch Ken produce a fancy Japanese sushi meal from scratch. We had rolls, nigiri, miso, and mochi. Very good. And we watched kung fu movies (two at a time) without the subtitles on. I only knew a few people there (Nate and Ken, both formerly of Dan's roommate fame, and some people from work). The rest of the people there seemed to be NMT regulars.