Home with cats

Spent Wed morning at the conference and had to lug my bag to my student's poster since the line to the baggage check was way long. After seeing the state of my luggage, my students offered to take up a collection for me to get a new one. Since I don't travel all that much, it hasn't been a big priority, but I'll put it on the list of things to do once I get promoted. The high point of my morning session was finding my grad school closetmate D at her poster. She and I shared an attic office with a sloped ceiling and just enough room for two desks side by side. We both have many fond memories of that space (each of us having been caught by Security doing things there that we oughtn't :-) It was great to catch up with her a bit. The rest of the day was spent traveling. My plane was delayed in its arrival and then after we were on the plane it was delayed again while they overcame a technical problem about refueling the left tank. We finally arrived in Philly at 6:30 and after rescuing my luggage from baggage claim and my car from longterm parking I arrived home at 8:00. My cats were thrilled to see me! PURRS galore! They both cheek marked my suitcase and then spent hours laying on top of me or beside me and purring their little hearts out. This was a much different reception than when I was away camping last month, although they were still working on integrating with each other then. They seem much more bonded now and that's wonderful! I am filled with Kitty Love!