Hi friends,

AALL 2012 is upon us. I don’t know about you, but my travels here were gloriously smooth. No delays. No lost paper work.  The worst thing that happened was that I had to stand in the TSA Booth of Shame with my arms above my head.  Will I have to pay the piper on my way home?
I always like the day before the conference. For me, there is a real feeling anticipation of everything I am going to learn and see.  Plus, there are usually some really fun events planned so I get to hang with people I don’t see very often. For me, that was the “Alphabet Soup” reception last night, then Karaoke with Ken, in which I did not actually carry through with my promise to sing “Roller Derby Queen” in honor of my friend, Katie Brown. This was a wise decision on my part.  Others, however, showed me that karaoke is an art form. We have some talented members, people!

I know many of you were already hard at work yesterday between CONELL, leadership training, PLL Summit and more.  I also saw some of you heading to other fun events, like a ball game.  That is the beauty of this conference – we work and we play hard.  I hope you enjoy every minute of it. I plan to.  See you at the keynote!