I got up at 3:55 AM this morning to make sure I could board my flight in time. I had scheduled an Uber to the airport ahead of time, but for a few minutes the app was trying to schedule my trip but no drivers were online. (To be fair, it was 4:30 AM.) Fortunately, one driver did eventually appear and picked me up as planned. The original flight was through Dallas to Knoxville, but due to weather in Dallas the connecting flight would have been delayed, so I was reassigned an earlier connection into Chicago. (Good thing I got to the airport early!) After a few hours of flight I safely arrived in Knoxville.
A current graduate student in the program - my "host" - picked me up from the airport. We ate lunch together, featuring some awkward silence because I'm very quiet. I was then dropped off at the hotel, where I spent the afternoon doing some work. I took a break to walk around outside a little. Campustown is very nice and clean. I saw this interesting scene:
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| Could be a Myst scene. What's up with the devices in the middle of the drainable river? |
In the evening all the recruitees and their hosts went to dinner together. I think the original plan was for some faculty to be there as well, but none were. I got more comfortable with everyone and overall had a good time. Tomorrow we're all off to Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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