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Day three of the conference was also great! The last session was super informative about some of the issues of underwater archaeology in Ontario, and I did a little bit more networking, including someone who is going to be relevant to my job stuff in the near future. So hopefully that was beneficial! It made me itch to get back into doing research again, though and.... I doubt that will ever happen. Especially not for maritime landscape stuff. Pleh :/

It was snowing as I was making to leave, and it took so long to get ahold of a cab I was worried about missing my train! But I didn't, I just didn't get anything like lunch, and bought a bag of overpriced chips from a station vending machine to tide me over.

And then on the walk home from the station on this end of things, it was snailing! That's snow/hail :p It wasn't too bad though, as I was dressed for it and it wasn't blowing in my face.

Tonight I made a brownie pie in a cream cheese crust. I was not overly fond of the crust, in the end. I'm sure it could be made well, but I don't think this was the right recipe. The brownie bit was delicious though! I also looked over stuff for the oneshot I'm running next weekend at Windsorcon (the northerly counterpart to Webercon. Much smaller, for now...)

I really need to start my Yuletide story. I have an idea, I just need time to write...

PS I'm still sick. Still coughing, still have a head full of crud, and a resurgence of a sore throat for the past two and a half or so days. Pleh again!

The session I was in was excellent today! It's been a great conference so far! Tomorrow is talking about maritime stuff, too, so that should be rad!

I'm hoping I can get a coworker at the museum table to watch my luggage, since check out is at 11, but the session goes until 12...

Sleep now, though!

I am at an archaeology conference this weekend, for the Ontario Archaeological Society. This is my first time! I'm here for work and networking, basically - I'm not presenting this time, though I kind of regret that. Maybe next year?

The theme of this year's conference is From Truth to Reconciliation: Redefining Archaeology in Ontario, and there are some really cool sessions planned around those themes, and around collections stuff, and also maritime cultural resources, so.... here I am! Unfortunately there is a lot of overlap between the papers I want to see, because of course there is.

But also, the opening reception had free drinks (2 each), and actually had people wandering around with trays of food, which legit until this point in my life I have never experienced, and it was great! My favourite was the grilled cheese with smoked salmon and some kind of maple cream drizzle @_@

I stayed for about an hour and a bit, which is pretty good for me considering I really know very very few people in the room. But I talked to people I knew better first and then the people I knew less well, and then was encouraged to go talk to people I didn't know and I actually did!

Of course by then I'd had my two complimentary cocktails, and of course that's when someone asked me tough questions that I'm not able to answer well at this point in time ;p But then we exchanged cards and this person (who works at the Canadian Museum of History, in Gatineau (not Ottawa!!!)) is going to send me some interesting maritime installations and also a shipwreck from on the Hudson Bay coast which sounds cool to me :V I talked to a few folks at the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport as well, which was nice. Anyway. I did some networking, which I hate and am generally terrible at, so good on me.

And hen I came back to my hotel room and watched the end of Stranger Things with Nary. I liked this season quite a bit, especially all the Aliens references and nods.

And now it is much later than I intended to go to bed! So I better do that I guess...

I booked stuff for the conference in November - taking the train up, staying in a hotel for two nights, work covered registration. I opted against the tour primarily because of the bus scheduling.

I also finished my sockhead hat! It just needs to be washed and have the ends trimmed. Let me tell you - it is extremely satisfying to finish a project in two weeks! And I also finished the second to last chart of Pulled by the Sunset! So all in all a great knit night :3

Voltron season 4 drops overnight tonight. My sister is getting up to watch it as soon as it goes live but I have to work tomorrow like a sucker. Maybe this weekend I can watch it... though I'm not sure when. Saturday is the fiber festival. Maybe tomorrow evening if Nary is amenable :3

Tomorrow I will see if I can cast on one of the kids hats.

for now - sleep!