Countdown to APDT!
I arrive in Louisville, KY at 11:59pm tonight! I can’t wait to see my friends from Colorado, and to introduce them to some of my coworkers from California. I’m feeling totally unprepared for this trip, though – this will be my first year at APDT where I don’t already have a good idea which seminars I want to attend! I usually print everything out ahead of time, to go over my options and coordinate with the other people who are attending.
I’m really looking forward to the tour of the Louisville Zoo, that’s going to be a ton of fun. I’m also looking forward to being done with the traveling part – not really a great outlook, since the traveling part hasn’t even started! I used to travel really easily, but these days I get queasy on the plane,and it’s hard not to get impatient at delays.
I’m all packed, and the house looks as clean as I’m going to get it. Super Shuttle will be here in an hour, so I’m enjoying some quiet time with the dogs. A coworker is coming to stay with them, and I know it’ll go just fine. They’re always really well behaved for pet sitters, sometimes better than they are for me! And it’ll be good preparation, since this particular coworker is on a wait-list for a puppy of her own. Caspian might be 4 years old, but life with Cas still has a lot of similarities to life with a puppy.
I don’t think they’ve realized I’m leaving today. I have a new suitcase, and I think they haven’t made the same connection that they had to me packing up the old one. Both of them are acting like it’s a normal quiet day, and we’re currently enjoying some cuddling time on the couch. It’s so enjoyable, I think I’m going to stop blogging and go curl up with the pets. I’m thinking I’ll try to post with my thoughts from the conference, if I have time.