so i finally got back from my week long trip to madison, wisconsin.

it’s taken nearly 24hours, but i’m finally unpacked and most of my laundry is done. in retrospect, i should have made use of the hilton’s laundry services b/c a weeks worth of dirty clothes does not make for a nice smelling suitcase.

also, busterthedog has finally realized that i am back home for good and is once again his playful, well-adjusted-self. (it was touch-and-go for a while though)

to welcome me back to campus, my department asked me to give two lectures in the neuroscience course today.  being the meticulous planner that i am, i waited until yesterday to finish up 45 slides on the hippocampus, the papez circuit, long-term potentiation, etc. yeah…so that made for a long night last night. my poor planning, however, was not my fault…it was actually sam and farnaz’s fault for dragging me out to one too many “events” while i was away in Madison.

the good news of the day is that the lectures went smashingly well and everyone was giving me high-fives and ass-slaps afterwards. the high fives were cool, but if one more med school professor slaps my ass i’m going to start feeling weird about it.

i’ve also got about 60 photos from downtown Madison that I’m editing with the help of various adobe photoshop products. here are a few to tease you with until i finish with the rest.