November

Dave says: November was a crazy month. Fortunately the busyness of the end of the semester is mostly over so I finally have some time to reflect on everything. The month started with a quick trip to Seattle to present some research at the Society of Judgment and Decision Making's annual conference. I traveled with fellow PhD students Mike and Dylan and we had an enjoyable time. The presentation went well, the weather was surprisingly good with no rain, and we even got to see a bit of the city over the course of the weekend.

I returned home to begin running some super-intense research in the lab that had me constantly running around for the next week. As a result, I got sick with a nasty cough that lingered for the next month. School remained busy with my toughest semester ever with papers, presentations, and exams in addition to all of the research outside of class. The biking didn't fare so well in the meantime despite some beautiful weather here in Tucson.

For Thanksgiving we went up to Phoenix to see my family. They are mostly settled into their new house and now that the weather is here they are remembering how nice life can be in the desert. For Thanksgiving dinner, we drove up to my uncle's newly purchased cabin up by Winslow about 2.5 hours north of Phoenix. It nice to see everyone and the meal was great (especially Alisha's sweet potatoes).