I'm going to Disneyland...err...ALA

I'm off to the ALA Annual Conference tomorrow. It's in Anaheim, CA this year. I can see us all now, sitting in our sessions and meetings sporting Mickey Mouse ears with our names on them instead of our conference badges. Strangely, none of my friends or colleagues want me to bring them mouse ears back...hm.

Per usual, I have a packed schedule with tons of conflicts. Typical ALA chaos. This year I have an additional (new to me) meeting on Tuesday morning. What was once a 3 day conference is now 5 days of meetings. Lord help me and give me coffee.

BUT, the Scholarship Bash is a ticket to a Disneyland park on Saturday night. So in a role reversal, I'm going to tag along with my NASIG mentee EL and her friends and go to Disneyland! Woo hoo!

I so need to get a picture of me and Mickey.

Workplace humor in the midst of change

A recent conversation with a colleague, loosely paraphrased:

Colleague: You seem to be handling all these changes to your job calmly and with a zen-like attitude. I'm impressed. Are you on medication or something?

Me: No. Should I look into it?

Colleague: That depends. If I say yes, are you going to snap and throw something at me?

Me: No. But I reserve the right to throw something at you in the future for other reasons.