Last Saturday, my baby girl’s birthday, I headed for Austin, Texas and ASIS&T 2006. As a newbie to ASIS&T conferences I was completely unaware of what was in store. As it was, I thought I was getting sick. Before leaving for the airport I posted as much. By the time I got to our airport three wonderful ladies had commented that I would not get sick. Thank you so much, ladies! It worked.

Yes, Willard Airport in Champaign has free wireless! But then it is run by the University so it makes sense.

While spending several hours laying over in O’Hare, I watched a lady let her little boys pick out some scratch off lottery tickets. Twice. You know what they say? “The family that plays together, stays together.”

I finally made it to Austin in the late evening and made it to the overflow hotel where I met my roommate, Benjamin Hockenberry. I couldn’t have done better than lucking into Ben as a roommate!

Sunday morning we got up and roamed around a very quiet and empty Austin looking for some affordable breakfast. It took a while but we finally did find some. Then it was almost time for the New Member/First Conference Brunch.