Well, here I am in Minneapolis. First time I’ve seen snow in almost 9 years, and I have to say it’s a treat. It will be interesting to see if my years in Texas have managed to thinned out my midwestern blood.

And yes, Texas, and San Antonio in particular, is where I now live and this is my first ever PLA conference. I myself am an Adult Services librarian at the Central Library of the San Antonio Public Library system (www.sanantonio.gov/library – and we are recruiting at PLA so stop by our booth), and if I had to claim any kind of focus in my “career” it would be in Readers’ Advisory with a strong side order of Technology. I’m naturally quite excited to be here but kind of overwhelmed at the same time. But am definitely looking forward to learning what I can from what appears to be a great slate of programs.

Today (Tuesday) was the start of my adventure. Leaving balmy San Antonio (mid-seventies when I left this morning) and arriving this afternoon to high 30′s was a bit of shock, but I tell myself I’ll look back fondly on this weather later this year when the Texas temps start camping out in the 100′s for weeks on end. Despite the complications of modern day travel, my flights all went smoothy, the weather was decent, and Minneapolis’ Light Rail is a great way to travel (yeah, I’m a big fan of public transit as well as public libraries). Hopefully I’ll get a good night’s sleep tonight and then find out if the Minneapolis bus system works as well as the rail system.

Next stop: Nancy Pearl Presents Book Buzz! Sounds like my kind of program!