Today I set off on an amazing adventure. Two students and I have a summer internship at the Argonne National Lab, which is outside of Chicago. In the last few days, I have finished up my semester grades, read one half of the names at graduation, and started to pack.
My mom is distressed about my trip, so I will try to keep in touch with her as much as possible.
So this evening I set off. I drove from Houston to Nacogdoches, TX. It's only about 150 miles, but a good start to my trip. I'm parked happily (if wearily) in my motel room and decided to blog.
Tomorrow I'm going to try to get to either Cairo or Benton, IL. Benton might be a bit too ambitious, as this is the first really major solo driving trip that I've done. It will be interesting to see how I hold out.
Two of my way cool friends, Carol and Kay, had a farewell pizza dinner for me. All of us are in the top picture.
More later!
