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a white carnation
Jan. 7th, 2003 06:42 amI'm in Washington now... well, actually the Ritz-Carlton in Tyson's Corner, looking out over suburban Virginia. I just checked in and showered, and I'm about to head off to Greenbelt for a day of reviewing Earth Sciences IT proposals.
Yesterday evening was kind of fun... I was made an Associate Fellow of AIAA at their Aerospace Sciences meeting in Reno. The numbers are limited to no more than 200 annually, out of a society membership of 35,000+. The food (filet and salmon) was actually quite good, I renewed several acquaintences and spent an hour lobbying Tony Gross about our new air traffic proposal ;-). I got pinned (silver, Fellows get gold ones), a white carnation pinned in my lapel, and a diploma-like certificate (which is being mailed).
Then I rushed back to the airport for my red-eye flight overnight to Washington-Dulles. I was able to sleep 3-4 hours, which is close to what I usually get at home. There's precious little in the way of food service at IAD, though... (grumble).
Anyway, off to work.
Yesterday evening was kind of fun... I was made an Associate Fellow of AIAA at their Aerospace Sciences meeting in Reno. The numbers are limited to no more than 200 annually, out of a society membership of 35,000+. The food (filet and salmon) was actually quite good, I renewed several acquaintences and spent an hour lobbying Tony Gross about our new air traffic proposal ;-). I got pinned (silver, Fellows get gold ones), a white carnation pinned in my lapel, and a diploma-like certificate (which is being mailed).
Then I rushed back to the airport for my red-eye flight overnight to Washington-Dulles. I was able to sleep 3-4 hours, which is close to what I usually get at home. There's precious little in the way of food service at IAD, though... (grumble).
Anyway, off to work.
