Conventioneering

Ow my damn dogs are whimpering from standing constantly at our booth for the past 2 days. But mostly it's been a fine time out there at the convention center. I have seen many of my old librarian friends and colleagues from my public library days. I walked around the entire exhibits hall and spent a bit of time at the University of Texas Press booth drooling over all the cool books they have there that I am desperate to read. I see a book that is about a fascinating subject (Texas Rangers, Women in Texas Music, etc.) and I MUST HAVE IT. I actually teared up a little bit b/c I actually thought, "What if I die before I get to read all these amazing books that the world has to offer??????" I am serious. They had a beautiful coffee-table-like book on the pictures of Lonesome Dove, the movie. I wanted that book so bad it hurt, but it cost like $30.

Today I saw a funny sleep shirt over in the clothing aisle that said something like, "So many books, so little awake time." Ha! That's so me. Sometimes I get into bed at night with my book du jour and am excited to have some quality reading time (since the only time I have during the day to read is when I'm brushing my teeth in the morning, at lunch, and when the car is at stop lights), only to see S lope into the room minutes later, Seinfeld DVD in hand, and he forces me to turn off the lights so we can get ready for night-night and I groan internally with disappointment! (He calls books my "other man".) Don't get me wrong, snuggling with S is the best, but sometimes I really, really, really, really, really want to read, read, read!!! (Ok, all of the time.)

Last night was pretty fun. Tito J. talked me into meeting him at the all-conference party at the downtown Hilton, where they had food, drinks, desserts (I only ate 3), a live band, dancing, and games such as Wii, Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Dance Dance Revolution, and even board games for the real old school librarians. Tito J. and I rocked out on Rock Band. Tonight we are going to the UNT-SLIS alumni dinner and most of our other FUN friends/colleagues/coworkers will be there too so this should be a fun night. I always go to the dinner when the conference is in Houston and my old professors are always delighted to see me and I am so touched.