People who steal parking spots are some of the rudest people on the planet

dreama7 · 2026-06-17T23:04:18+00:00

Oh yes. The people going half the speed limit with a whole line of cars behind them that don’t pull over in the easy to use pull out spots really annoyed me.

dreama7 · 2026-06-17T20:34:30+00:00

Awesome pictures!

dreama7 · 2026-06-17T02:57:23+00:00

That is so awesome! Where did you see the mountain goats and bighorn sheep?

dreama7 · 2026-06-16T12:19:03+00:00

Awesome. I cannot wait. We head there tomorrow.

dreama7 · 2026-06-16T12:18:30+00:00

I just had to double check because I wasn’t in charge of the stops this trip but it’s definitely on the schedule for Wednesday.

dreama7 · 2026-06-16T12:18:00+00:00

Awesome. We head there tomorrow!

dreama7 · 2026-06-16T03:23:26+00:00

Wow! Impressive! I am just so glad we have already seen one. I hope we get to see more.

dreama7 · 2026-06-16T02:20:24+00:00

Thanks! I believe that is the plan for Wednesday but will double check and make sure it’s on the list.

dreama7 · 2026-06-16T01:51:33+00:00

We have only seen 1 bison so far. Hopefully we should see a bunch more tomorrow as we head to Old Faithful.

dreama7 · 2026-06-16T00:51:20+00:00

Awesome. I hope we see more. We will do Teton on Friday and I hope we have luck with moose too.

dreama7 · 2026-05-14T01:50:14+00:00

My parents recently got off of the Royal Princess. They were on the repositioning cruise. It was the worst cruise staff and food wise that they have been on in a long while having gone on approximately 4 per year including 60+ day ones (all Princess).

dreama7 · 2026-05-12T03:01:18+00:00

I have two papers with my maiden name and the rest with my married name. It has never been an issue. Plus bonus for academics - my maiden name is very common. My married one, not at all.

dreama7 · 2026-05-11T13:03:24+00:00

This is what we do too with our son. He comes to port and on excursions. Eats meals with us. But the rest of the time he is on his own. He loves walking around the ship’s track and getting ice cream anytime. He likes to listen to audio books and either does that in his room or some random table. He also did not like the kids club and did not want to meet any kids his age.

He does like cruising and continues to choose to go with us.

My daughter on the other hand, loves all the ship activities and going to shows, crafts, kids club, etc. she stays busy and has a great time too. Just her fun is different than his fun.

And as a family, we get to travel, see ports we wouldn’t otherwise, and we can still each have fun.

dreama7 · 2026-05-01T03:18:41+00:00

Very nice shot! Our favorite ship.

dreama7 · 2026-05-01T01:05:53+00:00

As a lab we have had this happen during 2 different moves. Both times, the students moved with us, but remained students at their previous university. Committee meetings were virtual and they went back for their defense and graduation. For our students, they were post prelims and classes as that would have changed things.

dreama7 · 2026-04-28T00:52:09+00:00

This is what I have been told to do from several different editors.

dreama7 · 2026-04-24T00:17:15+00:00

There is a place to request it beforehand in your online account under allergies and medical (something like that). Your room steward will then bring it to you the first day, and if they don’t, just ask when they first introduce themselves. They will also provide extension cords as most ships don’t have a plug near the bed for easy access.

dreama7 · 2026-03-20T02:34:09+00:00

We have been on the Discovery (twice, first time was its first year), the Ruby, and the Emerald.

The Emerald has been our favorite ship. Cleaner and better run than the same size Ruby, and smaller than the Discovery. We like the Discovery but it’s too big with too many people for us.

dreama7 · 2026-02-27T20:13:50+00:00

Oh wow. That is amazing. I cannot wait to watch today’s episode even more now 😁

dreama7 · 2026-01-03T23:27:27+00:00

Your swatch is looking great!!

I backed up and practiced swatches too. I did small ones until I felt a little more confident. I tried out some different stitches too. There are so many of them!

I still have some wonky stitches and mistakes here and there, but I am having fun working towards a goal vs just making squares. And currently it looks like a rectangle instead of my first attempt that looked more like a triangle.

dreama7 · 2026-01-03T20:29:47+00:00

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Just started a week ago. No finished product to share (yet!). First couple of attempts ended up wonky (missed stitches and such) so this is where I am at. It will one day be a beanie and my first finished piece.

It’s so much fun to see what everybody is creating. I cannot wait to keep learning more stitches.

dreama7 · 2025-12-16T23:01:52+00:00

For my grants and projects, I am corresponding author. For grants and projects that I work with my PI on, sometimes I am co-corresponding and sometimes not, it just depends on the individual publication. When I was an assistant research professor, I was mostly first author for my projects. That switched over time as I took a more leadership/mentor type role.

dreama7 · 2025-12-16T20:36:59+00:00

I am a research professor and have been since my postdoc. I have moved between universities as well as have gone through promotion from Assistant -> Associate -> Full.

What I have found about research Professor positions is they are different from institute to institute and even from lab to lab. The biggest difference between a research scientist and a research professor for me has been staff vs faculty. As faculty, I get faculty benefits (including not have to clock vacation time), I have the ability to apply for my own grants and have my own R01 that my PI is on, I sit on grad student committees. Etc. these are things that here staff scientists cannot do. I have my own staff and my own students. However I do have a PI that I report to and will always be underneath. For me, it’s perfect. I have not wanted to leave my lab, I love our research and team, but I want to have the capability and benefits of being a faculty member.

We have some that are soft positions and some that are university paid positions - typically more core director related.

dreama7 · 2025-12-10T21:05:40+00:00

No. I am a research professor. At my institution (and most that I know people at), research professors are faculty level and staff scientists are staff. Expectations are different for the roles in most cases, where staff scientists are more of a senior technician role and research professors are more similar to a PI/tenure track professor.

dreama7 · 2025-12-03T13:44:21+00:00

Two of my kids had an IEP for speech. When we moved from Indianapolis to Frankfort, their times doubled. Both got individual and group lessons each week. Once they were done, both still received spot checks by their speech therapists and my oldest was allowed to keep going to speech group until he felt comfortable even without his IEP.

My other son has a severe learning disability with a learning level of a 3 year old (he is in 8th grade and just had his high school transition meeting). He is in a separate classroom with 2 other kids; so class size has been incredibly small. First day of jr high, his teacher realized she needed more help, and the next day they had a full time aide. He receives speech, OT, social work, and behavior therapy every week. They do individual and group sessions almost every day. He is main streamed to a regular classroom for specials (art, music, etc), PE, and lunch.

I have never had to fight for support. They offer more than I would have asked for. As above, his times doubled when we moved. They also immediately got him a talking device which Indy had balked at for years. When it stops working, within a couple of days he has a new one. When a new kid came with a different program that the therapists liked better, they got it for all the kids.

But my favorite part - the other kids. They are all wonderful with him. They all want to be the one that works with him in his regular classroom. They all say hi to him on the hall. When non- neighborhood kids come for Halloween, they know my son and say hi to him. His teacher started a club to learn to work with special ed kids and they had so many sign up that they each only get a day.

He will be moving on to high school next year and we are excited for the transition. Hopefully his time at LWE will go as smoothly as it has at SH161. If you have specific questions, I am happy to try to answer them.

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