Catching Up

Since it's been so long since I updated this, here is the down and dirty version of what I've been up to in the last month or so.

-Preparing for Texas Library Association & International Reading Association conferences
-Going to the aforementioned TLA and IRA conferences (they were back-to-back this year, lucky me) in Houston and Chicago
-made it through sales conference three days before leaving for Houston and had lots of fun hanging out with work chums both in SD and from NY
-Celebrated my 29th birthday on the road in Houston
-Visited Tom, Holly, and new baby, Ellie, in Houston
-Visited College Station for the first time in five years, by my calculation and recollection
-Attended my first game at Minute Maid Park with publishing friends on my birthday, Astors vs. Dodgers
-Easter
-Attended three Padres games so far this season and it's only the beginning of May
-Hanging out with friends
-Went to the Shedd Aquarium during my semi-free day in Chicago
-Visited the amazing photography exhibition, Ashes and Snow, in Santa Monica (review to come)
-Watched the entire Freaks & Geeks series
-Haven't had much energy to read, but I did just polish off the sequel to Twilight, New Moon. Vampires, werewolves, teen romance=so good!

It's been busy. But all is good. No colds, injuries, stress-induced breakdowns, or the like. I'm in the home stretch now. I am now turning my attentions to preparing for the American Library Association annual conference at the end of June in New Orleans. Should be a snap after the last two weeks.

I also am looking forward to a kayak trip in Las Vegas over Memorial Day weekend. Two nights in Vegas and a lazy float down a river. Should be nice.

Hope all of you are well and I'll write again soon.