Ahh, the parents...and Keith...

As predicted, it was an eventful weekend with the family coming to Princeton. Overall, they were very well behaved and very generous. There were a few bloggable events, though.

I don't think they're used to walking very much. I kind of walk (or bike) everywhere, so the walking we did this weekend was no big deal. They seemed a little fatigued, though. Lightweights...

Anyway, we went to the Phantom of the Opera on friday. Now I know what it was like to see movies in the roaring twenties (which should come in handy). What's nice about silent, black and white movies is that they can't hide a bad plot behind flashy special effects, etc. Naturally, then, the story line was high quality. Poor phantom...they beat him to death and throw him in a lake!

Saturday, we mostly took it easy. Walked around the mall, around campus, etc. But then, I made the mistake of taking them to the math building. John Nash still has an office there, and Keith wanted to go see it. No big deal. But, as fate would have it, he was there, working, with the door open. As you can probably predict, Keith, Mom, and Jan sort of waltz right in (their defense is that they knocked and said "excuse me") and interrupt him. It was super awkward, as they didn't really have much to say apart from "I saw A Beautiful Mind." Luckily, I don't think any third parties spotted us, and we managed to escape in under a minute. On a side note, as we were leaving, we heard the door to his office close. John Nash, for Christ's sake!

Oh well. They only embarrassed my once (although it was more of a mortification, or something more hardcore than embarrassment), and that not in front of anyone who knew me. Plus they bought me some snack food and three meals out.

All in all, parental visit was 99% really good, 1% horrible.