Julie and I, too tired from the late night before, bagged the early keynote speaker; instead meeting at a coffee shop before walking over to the conference hall around noon. I love being an adult. Jeff and I attended an unusually blatant recruiting session by the American School of Doha and were quite interested as it appears there is not a strict age limit. I then attended a good workshop on bringing picture books alive and learned new ways to engage students in read-alouds. Afterwards we went back to our hotel to spruce up for the NESA "gala" dinner and Greek dancing, while Cole went out on the town alone for a spaghetti dinner. Jeff and I danced a few Greek folk dances, then headed home early - exhausted.
11oct22 story of Covid: I flew to Des Moines for a mini-reunion of Thomas cousins; flew back on Monday the 3rd. I did not wear a mask. Evidently I should have worn a mask, as I later came down with Covid. The infection could come from anywhere, typically airborne virus shed by someone in the communicable phase of the disease. Throughout my airport and flight experience was quite calm and uneventful, so my guess is the most likely vector for the virus was the deplaning time – people are really eager to get out, they are talking, pressing close together, straining to grab bags from the overhead compartment and coordinate with their partners, thus breathing heavily. Very few people wore a mask. I do not remember anyone coughing or sniffling or breathing heavily around me, but that deplaning process is always rather hectic. I did not press to go quickly, but I did not want to delay my windowside seatmate, so I joined the crowd. As it was, when I arrived at baggage claim, my suit
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