I have not been kidnapped by librarians, (ahem. Beka.) but I have been busy and tired. Thus the lack of posting. Plus, let's face it, when I get super busy, it's usually not with interesting things. Posting, then, becomes problematic.

I had to drive 4 hours total on Wednesday to get my permanent retainer reattached - an appointment which took about 30 minutes. I was the only patient in the office, and only a receptionist and one technician were in the entire building. Oh, except for the cat that lives in Dr.'s office. Yes, a cat lives there. "Doctor loves cats." according to his receptionist.

As I was leaving the following morning at 6:30 to do an airport run and then attend an all-day database training session (which I was actually excited about) in Indy, I planned to get a full night's rest. But alas, my anxiety for oversleeping my alarm kept me up the entire night. I did not sleep at all. At 4:30, I finally looked at my clock and prayed for an hour of sleep. An hour later, I sat straight up, not having slept at all, and proceeded with getting ready. Hit rush hour on the way down. Barely made it to class because, I assumed like an idiot, that I was attending a small gathering in a small town (apparently I'm really used to rural Indiana at this point). I had to find a parking garage and then find the building to find the room in which our session was taking place. Thank God I had allowed a few extra minutes. I made the mistake of not carrying cash with me, which means, you can't pay for parking. The attendant looked at me as if I was the dumbest person alive and asked if I had a check. I did. Accidentally, but I did. So I wasn't imprisoned in the parking garage for the rest of the night.

The day was pretty fun, not because I hadn't slept or because the training was that engaging, but mostly because I met a new friend. Her name is Beth and she and I have led oddly parallel lives, even having some of the same friends, but had never met. Her dad's a prof where I work and went to school. She attended SLIS, leaving a month before I began. We worked the same job at IU. Her early librarian mentors were mine, too. She knows one of my best friends. Everywhere I've gone in the past three or four years, I've heard her name, been asked if I knew her, and generally have felt like I've been following in the footsteps of someone I would rather like if I could catch up with her.

Finally, we met. And she's fabulous. Not only did she keep me awake in the class by chatting with me from her office, but she bought my lunch, offered to infuse me with caffeine, and even invited me to chill at her downtown apartment so I could miss most of rush hour. We decided it'd be awesome to work together, although, in all likelihood, we'd never get any actual work done.

To recap briefly, I've traveled several hundred miles in the past two weeks (maybe more than that), hit rush hour several times, visited with people, met lots of new people, all the while trying to do my job, find time to eat, exercise, and sleep. Goals met with moderate success.

I'll try to do better, and should be able to seeing that my summer vacation starts in a week! Woot!