ah, december. lights, gifts, decorated christmas trees, and agu. agu is a conference in san francisco. thousands of scientists go to this conference every year. and i do mean thousands. aaron guessed around 22,000. i'm not sure why it is in december, it makes no sense. it's the time of the year that stress is highest, so probably not the best time to add additional work stress, but alas.
for years, i hated agu. years. this year, will be aaron's 11th or 12th year attending. and i think i've come to terms with it. i would rather have aaron around this week, but honestly it's worse for him than for me. for two weeks prior he worries about getting his science together and presentable, then there is poster printing, or some years, speech practicing. and then when he gets there it's science all day and schmoozing all night. the introvert in me cringes, but he handles it really well, and i think has fun in spite of himself.
each year during this week is my one time to watch it's a wonderful life. i watch it every year religiously and always when aaron is at agu. mostly because aaron hates this movie, really hates it. he thinks george bailey had an awful life..."trapped in bedford falls, no travel, or education, or career he chose for himself- but he has friends! great! you can have friends AND do all those things" he does have a point, but i don't let that ruin it for me.
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