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Brr just thinking about it makes me cold.  I am headed to Boston in January for a Library conference.  Should be a grand old time, long underwear is totally my favorite fashion accessory.  Things have gotten tough around the library and that means we no long have a budget to travel, of course all of this comes down after I agree to co-chair a committee for an event in Boston.  So I am headed there on my own dime.  After putting off registration and hotels and plane tickets for as long as possible I finally got down to work last week.

You wouldn’t believe how expensive it is to go to a conference in Boston in January (makes me cringe to think how much it must cost in the Summer when the city is bearable).  But this is when I love having family!  Everyone pitched in.  I am staying with my mom’s cousins in Cambridge (just a 20min bus ride from the conference center) and my parents donated frequent flier miles to get me there for free (well almost free anyway).  I love my family!  Although they may also realize that this is the only way I would have funds to buy them X-mas gifts this year!

So I am set to go to Boston in January and hopefully see all my library peeps and stock up on some really good books!

This is what I plan to wear in Boston

I don’t really have a good topic for this entry so I will just let you know what I have been doing (which is a lot).  Things Kate has done in the last month:

• attended derby practice at least 3 times a week (totally awesome on my new skates)
• attended Tosca at the Kansas City Opera (fantastic although our seats weren’t quite as great as I would like but very reasonably priced)
• attended My First Time at the Unicorn Theater (I loved it, Ryan didn’t)
• Ryan went rock climbing with the KC climbing club in Arkansas (while I stayed at home and cleaned and went to derby practice)
• worked like crazy (it is Teen Read Week which means everyone wants booktalks from  yours truely, can’t really complain as once again this is all my fault for bad scheduling)
• barely slept (as a result of all of the above)

Next week look for an update with my totally awesome Halloween costume!  Disclaimer: this costume will only be awesome if you are a geek.

They’re here!  I ordered these last week and they got here today!!!  (of course not in time for practice last night).  These are my new Riedell Vandal’s and officially my new favorite foot covering.

I was a bit nervous about getting such nice skates when I am still just trying out for a team but I found an awesome deal online for an open box return and I just couldn’t not get them.  Besides, who wouldn’t love these babies.  I am really hoping that they help my skating, it has been hard using a different set of skates each night for practice.  I can’t wait to use them on Saturday!!!

Now all I have to do is make a team and I will be set!