Thursday, December 4, 2008

The sound of silence





The colds that Shelby and I have given back and forth to one another have now given way to laryngitis -- for us! Eli taunts us with his healthy, working, yelling vocal chords. This hasn't stopped us from taking pictures, though!

The last few days have been hectic as we prepare to go to Puerto Rico next week. Shelby prepared a poster describing her recent research, while I dealt with last-minute planning for the meeting and making my own talk for a satellite meeting that precedes the meeting that I'm hosting. We leave on Saturday for Chicago and I fly to San Juan the next day. Shelby, Grandma Linda, and Grandpa Mike fly to San Juan on Tuesday. Tomorrow we will gather the supplies and start loading the car. 

In other travel news, the ever lengthening trips with Eli just keep coming. It looks like we are going to spend two weeks with Eli in Brazil in March. Let him see how the Southern hemisphere looks during our winter. If he were old enough to understand, he would be confused. All readers who think that we are nuts for taking him to Brazil in March can register their (roundly ignored) comments in the appropriately named 'comments' section. I, for one, think it will be a great adventure. 


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