Wednesday morning I set out for a quick 36 hour, conference whirlwind. As I made the drive from Glens Falls to Lake Placid I played the radio game, and as mountains on either side of me rose, I hit the seek button. I drank a 24 oz bottle of water and a 12oz unsweetened iced tea as I listened to country music, Vermont Public Radio, french pop, and then back to VPR. Travel, no matter how brief, always leads me to drink more water and coffee, the former making me feel virtuous and the latter decadent. Before checking into my hotel I stopped at a couple of stores to pick up sweets to give away at my table at the conference. I bought another…