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notes from Anaheim

Just a quick note from Anaheim to say that our ACRL 101 program went off without a hitch. I am so pleased and proud of the work of all of the Emerging Leaders in my group. Planning a national conference program was a totally new thing to me but I think it’s a skill set that I can really get a lot of mileage from.

Had dinner with Kevin and Sara Ryan last night. That was a blast. I was feeling a bit sorry for myself and my lack of dinner company when Kevmo came through with the plan to meet at the Hilton. Sara and I have crossed paths a few times at conferences but never actually hung out. Holy mess, I hope to put in more face time with this powerhouse sometime. Our blends of ridiculous hilarity mesh very well…and there were $9 potato chips!

After dinner and assorted hijinks we parted ways about 10:30 last night…and I promptly got really lost and end up walking all over hell and gone. After uttering the words, “I don’t get lost at conferences too often,” I suppose it’s what I get. In either case I have some gnarly blisters to show for it.

There really haven’t been any groundshaking (for me) sessions just yet. Today I’m off to check out a program on the future of face to face reference and then some research into reference services. After that, it’s an ACRL membership advisory committee meeting and presentation (by me, eek).

Issues with time and maybe a little freaking out.

Argh!

Sometimes you just need to begin a post with ‘argh’. It’s true. Why am I so bad at leaving work on time? I swear I had a better reason than I usually do–I was helping a student this time, but still. I am terrible at leaving work on time.

At my previous campus it was not such a big deal because we were a micro-sized staff and we spent a lot of time flexing around our individual inabilities to go the freak home. {A total aside, but can someone tell me what it’s called when you take a profane word and turn it into a wimpy word? I know there’s a specific term for it, forgotten many years ago. } Anyway, yes, it actually doesn’t matter what campus I am at and what flexing is possible. The point is that I need to have more distinct boxes around my time. End of story.

Speaking of time, I am having other issues as well. It’s just about 10pm and I haven’t packed for Philly yet. This is something of a problem since we leave after work tomorrow. You might be wondering why I’m leaving so early when this thing doesn’t get off the ground till Friday. Let’s just say Delta is extremely in the ? zone. That’s right, NO LOVE, Delta! So yes, we’ll be flying overnight and stopping at too many airports along the way. We don’t even get to Philly until Thursday sometime.

Friday I have an all day leadership thingy. {Thingy is a technical term, at least that’s what I keep trying to convince my students. Is it working? I dunno, I haven’t done any assessment. Heh.} Then my Midwinter calendar starts to look wicked scary; why do people insist on scheduling important meetings at the same time? I have to see umpteen committee members and attend many, many meetings–but the sick thing about me is that sometimes I really enjoy those activities. I don’t enjoy running or scrambling from one place to the next. Srsly.

I suppose I can’t procrastinate any longer or I won’t have clothes to wear in Philly. Not exactly the kind of impression I want to make as a so-called Emerging Leader, eh? This time I resolve to bring home less free crap. I sent 17 pounds of free books home from Annual last year. Have I read any of them? Pfft…