ANR Adventures

I am traveling! Last week almost seemed normal, with back-to-back trips between Monday and Friday. This week was even more normal' with a flight cancellation. I have more travel scheduled with a few days off with in-state travel over Veteran's Day week.

I am attending a virtual conference this week. This makes for long days, because the at home' work continues. I miss the old days when traveling to a conference meant you did not have to do double duty the conference, and the usual meetings back home.

I am thrilled to see the ANR portal back up and running. This signifies that we have transitioned to a new server. Thanks so much to Sree and team for their extraordinary effort this week to combat the bot attacks and get everything migrated over so that we can function again.

After a somber weekend recalling the tragic events of 20 years ago, the week has gone by quickly through meetings that spanned national committee budget approval, to discussion about allocation of ANR funding, to seeking new resources through grant brainstorming.

It's an extra short week for me. I am having a no meeting' Friday to take care of a few personal meetings and then catch up before the weekend hits. I look forward to cooler temperatures to make yard work a bit easier. I envy David's trip up north this week where the temps are more comfortable.