Hopefully I'll be able to add to this thread soon about what bicycling in Phoenix is like because so far, I haven't gotten to bike! This trip has been a struggle.
-My first flight was almost canceled. But then it wasn't.
-The hotel wifi didn't work. They said it was my laptop. I proved it wasn't. It still didn't work. I changed hotels this morning.
-My id badge won't be activated for 48 hours so even to leave the lab to use the bathroom or get a drink of water, I have to borrow someone's badge.
-I walked over to pick up my rental bike yesterday and it wasn't ready yet. It's supposed to be ready this afternoon.

I am so tired. I really hope things improve soon. The change in hotel made me a bit happier. It's of course more expensive, and I'm trying to be frugal with this grant, but it's budgeted for in the grant.

Here's a weird thing. At the light rail station, waiting for the train, a guy with 2 boys struck up a conversation with me. I was polite until he asked "Do you have a boyfriend?" The conversation ended there. Next morning I went to the hotel lobby to check on the internet, and a guy was sitting outside smoking, who struck up a conversation. I wasn't polite, because I wasn't interested in breathing his smoke, but he nonetheless managed to draw the conversation out enough to ask "Are you married?"

I conclude that Phoenix is the city of lonely, kind of creepy men. I made a point of asking a woman where the cafeteria was. She did not inquire about my relationship status.