I have conference brain ... meaning I've heard so many talks and seen so many posters, I can't quite focus anymore. Today is good because the conference is only a few hours long. Today is less good because I have hours (and hours) to fill before I go to work on Monday. Fortunately, I have a plan that involves trying not to obsess about Sophie or how much time I have to fill. I'm going to walk to the city center to try to find an electronics shop where I can buy a hairdryer and an iron. Then I have to come back and get some food at the market, and I have an exciting evening of finishing some reviews I have due this week. Then tomorrow I'm going to try to seek out the "big" grocery store (where hopefully they have a trash can - though my friend I met last night was not optimistic) and maybe a prepaid cell phone ... we'll see how that goes! Hopefully I can explore my neighborhood a bit more in the process. My mental map of where I am and how to get from one place to another is getting better. I worry much less about getting the bus in the right direction now - hopefully that will continue to improve.
I'm also supposed to go to get my residence card, my health card, and my census form on Monday, but the company with my lease hasn't given me my copy of my contract yet (and are being very Spanish about when they'll get it to me - "soon" they say, when I tell them I need it by Monday).
My fingers are still crossed about Sophie - I e-mailed her vet, who doesn't seem overly optimistic or overly pessimistic. I'm hopeful that she'll pull through this!
I'm off for a little more conferencing!
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