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 This is the fourth year in a row that I've had to change my travel plans for winter break at the last minute.
  • This year, William Labov, my PhD supervisor, passed away in mid-December, and the LSA is hosting a memorial for him on January 9 in Philadelphia, I wasn't planning to go to the LSA this year, but I've rearranged my travel schedule to allow me to go to the memorial.
  • Last year, I was planning to go to the LSA, and then I got COVID on New Year's Day, so I canceled my plans and went back to San Diego immediately, skipping the LSA and doing the Mystery Hunt remotely.
  • Two years ago, I also got COVID on New Year's Day, and instead of going back to San Diego immediately, I stayed in Massachusetts an extra week and traveled back after I had recovered, and did the Mystery Hunt remotely.
  • Three years ago, I was planning to go to the LSA, but because of high COVID incidence, the American Dialect Society announced that all of its sessions would be held on Zoom, so I canceled my travel plans and attended the ADS sessions remotely and didn't get COVID. 

I don't have anything much to say about this; but it's weird that it's happened four times in a row now.
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