I was given the unique opportunity to present and join a discussion panel at OIS in Chicago last week. So despite having planned to skip ASRS this year, and despite having packed clinics before and after the conference, I decided to take the whirlwind trip to the Windy City. After closing out charts and emails on Wednesday, I took a shower in our clinic building and filled on beef noodle soup before boarding my red-eye to ORD. I arrived just after 5am, which gave me time to settle in the hotel lobby to change, charge up, and practice my talk. Following my solo breakfast at Wildberry, I was relieved to find familiar faces at the industry-driven conference, and even got a chance to catch up with my friend Dan at Michelin-starred Entente over mediocre short ribs before flying back. This weekend, we ventured briefly to McKinley Park to welcome the new residents and fellows, but between Melody feeling ill from near-heat stroke and Westley’s mysterious fever, we relaxed at home for the rest of the weekend taking out “bad guys” in AC Odyssey with our new gaming mouse.