Four Days on the Road

• Thanks to Google I found advice on how to remove unwanted crayon from clothes. We soaked them in Borax for an hour or so to remove all the wax and then washed them in hot water and color-safe bleach to get the color out. Most of the pink spots are gone, although I have still found a few here and there.
• Taxi rides cost a lot of money. So does eating every meal at a restaurant and doing things like buying an umbrella just because it's pouring rain. But, BYU was very generous and paid for a very nice hotel room with a beautiful view of the Potomac river in the rain and I got reimbursed for all the taxi rides.
• Traveling with a baby is hard, but I was grateful for my spiffy new stroller with the rain cover. Little Dude was very pleasant during the conference and a number of the other participants commented on how cute he was and how much he reminded them of their kids or grandkids. I wonder if it would have been different at a conference that wasn't on feminist literature and therefore attended primarily by women.
• It was cool to hang out with so many intellectual people and meet so many smart, interesting women. I am seriously thinking about going on to get a PhD now. Master Fob and I will have to discuss this more. I also really need to write my thesis and I need to try and publish my paper (especially since someone in my session was taking copious notes during my presentation and I don't want her to publish my paper instead of me).
• My parents are very nice and very generous. My mom came up and watched Little Dude on Thursday night, along with my friend's baby who also came along with us. They also bought me a new suitcase on Saturday since mine started splitting open. And they came to hear my paper, even though I'm sure the subject was not that interesting to them.
• I'm glad to be home with Master Fob and S-Boogie again.