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Ugh! Suffering from the Conference bug. Stick more than 200 people from all over the world together for three days, let them all breathe the same recycled air, and no wonder you have a strain of cold or the 'flu running through the ranks.
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I scraped together enough energy to edit a few pictures of the conference venue - in all a lovely site that capitalizes on its views, with lovely Arts & Crafts touches throughout.
After the foggy start of the first morning the rest of the day had beautiful - if unseasonal - sunshine. The next two days had more typically overcast weather and some spectacular low clouds on the ridges of the surrounding gorge, although the rain stayed away.
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Last night after dinner we went on a shopping expedition for the blinds (only found one) and an impromptu purchase of washer, dryer and refrigerator. To clarify, we had been looking around for those three items for a while, comparing prices and features across brands and dealers, and had pretty much narrowed it down to what we wanted. Then last night we went to compare it with a last local option, but found that what seemed a good deal was in fact not. So on the way home from blind shopping, we stopped at Best Buy, and because they were open until 10 p.m. we decided that we might as well buy now, delivery to arrive this Saturday.
The carpet cleaners will come on Wednesday, the packers on Thursday, the move will be on Friday which is also when the phone will be transferred to the house, Saturday will be some more frantic preparation and bringing across straggling items we decided to move ourselves, and Sunday will be the house warming ceremony (gruha pravesham) after which we can finally move in!
I think I'm about to suffer a panic attack!