After 3 consecutive weekends of traveling cross-country, I’m relieved to be finally back home despite being on call. Last week, I flew to Sacramento for my UC Davis interview, which unfortunately coincided with my wife’s conference in Seattle. We overlapped with just enough time for her to see my job talk and dine with the faculty at Plan B, ironically. After she left, I spent my second interview day touring the labs at Davis and hanging at her home with the rats. On Saturday, I made sure to get my ramen and banh cuon fix before my red-eye flight home. This past weekend, I headed West again for my interview at UC Irvine, which showed me a very different approach to academic medicine. The recruitment dinner at Anqi introduced me to the hip Asian culture of Orange County, while my return flight the next day let me revisit Popeye’s at ATL. All the traveling has given me plenty of mileage from my Surface, and for my Delta account. It’s also given me some down time to explore a few shows like Breaking Bad and Arrested Development, which I was able to try out on my new Roku. Sadly, it’s hard for me to enjoy my brief moments of procrastination without feeling bad or guilty. So I’m sure it won’t be long before I plunge myself back into work next week.