Long weekend

It's easy to lose track of days when you're schedule is busy from 8 am until midnight every day. Today is the last day of the conference and I fly to Chicago on Wednesday. Here's a recap.

Thursday: I fly into Orando and wait an hour and a half to catch a shuttle to the airport. The Meirs shuttle people are the most disorganized airport transportation organization I have seen. Their system: you wait in line for a long time, buy a ticket, take the ticket outside to the bus booth. At the booth, they write down your number and put your hotel on a list. Periodically, big shuttle buses will pull up, and they will call out about 3 names, and the bus leaves, nowhere near full. Since 30,000 people are coming in for the library conference, you would think they would have more frequent shuttles or more people working the ticket booth. I apologize if I complain too much. I'm used to efficient modes of transportation.

When I get there that night, I make it up with Kari to the Bahama Breeze. It's a nice place. We get seated and eat. About half of the group makes it to dinner that night. There are definately more women than men, to be expected at a librarian conference, and many of the young ones (us) are married.

To be continued.