Well, I see that next Monday, I am presenting my little research paper at 8 am.

Spare a good thought for me - I'm a little apprehensive. Not so much about the research, which I think is as good as it can be considering the scope of the question I'm asking, but that the meetings aren't filled with people who like to find flaws in others' research and point them out. (I THINK I've found and either explained or eliminated the potential flaws, but there still may be things I'm blind to).

I'm reassuring myself in that if it just goes really really badly, I'm going to cancel my hotel reservations, change my train tickets, and just go home early. Hopefully that will not happen.