Conference on Aging

 

Today I went to a conference on aging, where professors at our university were presenting their research. The first talk was a very practical (and entertaining) one on preventing osteoporosis and muscle decline. The second one was on caregivers who take care of their elderly parents who were abusive, and the third one was on higher education availability over the last sixty years. My colleague and I skipped out before the fourth one, on caregivers who take care of adult disabled children - an important topic, but not relevant to either childless me or her with her two college-educated sons. We did get a lot of swag - check it out! I got this squeezy thing.

And when you squeeze him, his eyes pop out!

I also got this piggy bank, which as you can see I have already started filling up with random coins that were around the house. This was my ten minutes of cleaning tonight.

I worked the rest of the day, but most of the afternoon I was in a meeting. Then the shuttle to take me back to my parking lot was really, really late so I called Travalon, who said he could pick me up if need be.... and right after I talked to him, it finally came. This was the latest it's ever been, but what I can't figure out is if traffic and trains are holding up the shuttle I'm expecting, why are they not holding up the shuttle ahead of mine so that it arrives late too? Apparently that one is always on time.

The happiest of birthdays to Jilly Moose today.

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