June has been another busy month for conference travel. Earlier this month, I flew to LAX for Pacific Retina Club at UCLA’s Luskin Conference Center. The two-day meeting was jam packed, including my clinical case and presentation on photoreceptor reprogramming, and delightful dinners at Wolfsglen and the Brentwood Country Club. I spent my free Sunday afternoon in K-town, enjoying gukbap from Jinsol, a full-body scrub at Wi Spa, and jampong from Zzamong before flying home. Unfortunately, I caught COVID when I got back, requiring me to cancel clinic and OR, but at least provided some time to work on my R01 resubmission. A course of Paxlovid helped me recover quickly, and I was off again next weekend to Clinical Trials at the Summit in Park City. The even more jam-packed one-day meeting concluded with a lavish dinner at Tupelo, followed by an after-party in a secluded luxe cabin where the Kardashians had recently stayed. I picked up baked treats from Fillings & Emulsions at SLC and caught up on episodes of 3 Body Problem on my flight home. We celebrated Father’s Day with tennis, video games, and swimming, after having missed Manor Pool’s summer reopening for an afternoon of arcade gaming in Vacaville with the Deas. Westley successfully reached level 8 at Swim America, and gave a masterful performance of Fur Elise at Atria Covell Gardens. We also continued our Star Wars marathon watching episodes 1-3, completed the newest seasons of Masterchef Junior and SYTYCD, and checked out the TV adaptation of Fallout. Following the adventures of vault-dweller Lucy and BOS Maximus in a post-apocalyptic LA, the show painstakingly recreated details like stimpacks, radroaches, and Mr. Handy to help us relive fond memories of the video game franchise. At work, we celebrated our residents’ research and graduation at the usual venue. The retina division even took our fellows for Blue House BBQ, which was on par with the Yummy Fusion AYCE Korean BBQ that recently opened in Davis. Between grant writing and planning our three international trips this fall, we may need some actual vacation time beside our upcoming vacations.