Last Day on Campus

It's Monday, April 14th and tomorrow we leave at 6AM to catch the ferry to the North Island. I had a last Skype meeting with Jin (one of my PhD students who is trying to defend her dissertation when I return). We brought homemade ANZAC cookies (a NZ classic) and all-american (Betty Crocker) brownies for morning tea. It was a small group since it is break, but we had a nice farewell. We made some great professional and personal connections while we were here, and of course the last day is a mixture of sadness about leaving and anticipation of heading home. We'll tour the North Island until the 23rd, spend a few days in California visiting family. What better way to greet the USA than a trip to Disneyland? What better place to remember which side of the road I'm supposed to drive on than LA? On the 26th we leave California and fly to Raleigh. Hopefully you'll see some North Island posts over the coming days. Cheers, Bob