- Starting a second lunch club in the Physics Dept. for those who have a schedule conflict with the main one (Jan. 18)
- Unexpectedly high attendance for Lunch Club 2
- Visiting El Mariachi restaurant for the first time
- A colleague gave me a tour of our department’s machine shop
- I used the machine shop to make a mounting plate for a piece of equipment for our lab
- Meeting with University Relations to plan for the 2017 Conference on Science at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (CoSSURF).
- Attending my first meeting of Rapid City Community Conversations (RCCC), which is “a native-led grassroots movement. Our mission is to foster a citizen dialogue that collaborates with community leaders to design innovative approaches to steadily reverse the long history of institutional and individual racism in our community.”
- Meeting people at the RCCC meeting
- Good food and very important conversations at the RCCC meeting
- Good discussion and planning at the Wobbly Table
- New faucets in our kitchen and bathroom
- Meeting with a representative from the President’s office to plan for CoSSURF
- Visiting Kōl restaurant for the first time as part of Rapid City’s Restaurant Week
- Listening to legislators and fellow audience members at the first Legislative Crackerbarrel of the year.
- Asking both of my questions at the Crackerbarrel
- Talking to a local legislator about a bill after the end of the crackerbarrel
- Beautiful and fascinating birds at a local greenhouse
- Buying some new houseplants (mostly herbs) at the greenhouse.
- Testing a new antenna on our TV
- The ability to connect to the DUNE collaboration meeting at CERN via internet video connection
- Good discussion at the well about “wearing” lies and truth
- Hiring a new student to work in my lab this semester
- Getting sufficient sleep despite collaboration meetings at CERN being in the middle of the night for me
- A review of what new construction in my lab’s building will do to my lab
- First IV prayer group of the semester
- Friends who braved bad roads to attend Community Meal at our house
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