And now, post-trip digging...

No, I didn't blog from ALA, as my more hip blogging colleagues did. No laptop with wireless capability to locate all of the hotels with wifi hotspots. Only 2 or 3 visits to the conference's Internet Cafe, always a long line and people sitting there for much longer than they need to (dude, there are potentially thousands of people who would like to check email!). All of which means that, now that I have returned to my own time zone, with all of my usual (desktop-only) connections to my virtual life, I am now digging out of many messages from listservs, staff, Yahoo mail in all of its variety. The good news is that the work email isn't all that bad--many folks were at ALA themselves with no reason to fill my inbox.

Not too many fires awaiting me at the workplace. The sick season is upon us, so some staff are out. So hopefully I can gradually, peacefully, dig out.

A wonderful reunion on the home front, and a nice half-day away from the office to hang out with the boy. A late nap meant good reconnecting time with the spouse, and a deeper discussion that we have usually had lately about what we want our lives to be. All in all, not a bad start to 2005.