I’m sitting in my living room watching Mike Rowe fix a bridge, and recovering from the two week physics boot camp that is the United States Particle Accelerator School. It was fun, I met some really cool people, and I learned a lot about accelerators.

I have to say, though, that two weeks is a very short time for a full semester of course material, homework, and a final exam. I almost wish the school had a more complete meet-and-greet component, since I met some people that I might be working with in the future, and there’s no telling how many more I would meet if there was a full venue.

But I’m back home, and I watched Germany play poorly and Spain play well with the Germans in the department. Disappointed is a good adjective. And I’m back in New York, back to Aikido and home, to BNL and work, friends. It’s good to be home.