So I got back from a very successful trip to Stanford and visiting my friend Alison; that was followed by a not-so-inspiring trip to Sydney for a nanotech conference. I don't know quite what it is, but nothing there really seemed to inspire me. Perhaps it was the fact I'd been living out of a suitcase, and the only time I got to spend at home was all used up on Trailwalker training walks.
Anyhow, that saw February out the door, at which point I spent a week and a bit hosting a colleague from Stanford. We met with some people re: science stuff and then took a few days to head up to Taupo to do the Tongariro Northern Circuit (one of the Great Walks). It was fantastic - there's no other word. We had a day in Taupo afterwards to relax a bit, then he took the bus to Auckland and I drove back home. Now I have one more day at work, before heading off to New York on Monday, spending a week there and then heading directly to Melbourne. Both trips for yet more experiments - and yes, I am looking forward to them.
When I get back it'll be Easter and then the following week is Trailwalker. It has come up really fast and it's kind of scary to think that it's less than a month away. Life is being measured in weeks again. But sometimes that's the only way to make things manageable!
View over Mt Tongariro from the top of Mt Ngauruhoe. As you can see, the weather was perfect.
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