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title: 'Summer Travel'
date: '2005-05-03T07:47:42-04:00'
permalink: /summer-travel/
tags:
    - travel
---

Claremont is lovely. My job is fabulous. My students are wonderful.

But I can’t wait to get the heck out of here.

Summer plans are consolidating, and here’s the schedule thus far:

May 16 – May 30: DC

May 30 – June 2: Baton Rouge[^1]

June 2 – June 7: DC

June 7 – June 16: Claremont

June 16 – June 20: Baton Rouge[^2]

June 20 – July 10: Claremont

July 10 – July 15: Vermont[^3]

July 15 – July 23: Rome[^4]

July 23 – sometime in August: Claremont[^5]

Ah, frequent flyer miles…

—–

[^1]: A quick trip to see my pal [Marcus](http://www.marcusmcallister.com/), who will be this side of the pond for a bit, to hang and open a show at the gallery where I used to work back in the day.

[^2]: Another quick trip, this time to attend my [21-year high school reunion.](/nineteen_eighty_four/) It says something about my class, no doubt, that we couldn’t get it together to have a 20-year reunion — but of course I’m not one of those people trying to figure out where on earth everybody went, and how to persuade them to come back. A job I don’t envy.

[^3]: This one’s for a workshop that I’m hoping to attend. Alas, my attendance will depend on the cooperation of Continental Airlines, with whom I already have a ticket leaving for Rome on the 15th from the west coast. I’m hoping to wrangle a small change (and then convince the workshop organizers to cover it).

[^4]: A significant-birthday present for my mother, from me and my sister. Our stepfather is coming, too. I spent a summer in Italy right after I graduated from college, seventeen years ago, and haven’t been back since; this one ought to be great.

[^5]: There is the possibility of one more big August trip, but this one has not been finalized yet…