A bit sad about missing yet another PyCon (coming up soon), but mid-May is peak parenting season with all of the end-of-school events. And given the choice, gotta go with the kids.
@dabeaz My kids are young (6 and 2), but I'm already starting to feel it, even with a Kindergartener. This is my first, shortened trip back to PyCon US since 2019.
@webology I thought that it would be harder with younger kids, but the older kids are so much more challenging on scheduling. Especially with all of the extracurricular activities in high school.
@dabeaz I can totally see that. Especially in those high school years, I bet.
As an event organizer, I know it's all about trade-offs, but weekend conferences are the hardest for me to be gone. The weekends are about shuffling kids to and from school/events, but then the weekends feel like where I really miss out.
@webology Yeah, the weekends are always a mess. I figure that Python will probably stick around for awhile. The kids, not so much. So, I'm going to enjoy them while they're still at home. Time flies.
@webology I must admit I'm looking at the map and doing a bit of mental calculus about the drive from Chicago to Pittsburgh. "Maybe I could gate crash PyCon" goes through my mind. Nah. That would just be nuts.
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