Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

Yeah, yeah, like anyone reading this blog really thought of me as being into football.  I am from New England, though, so I’m being sincere when I say ‘Go Pats!’  I always cheer for my home teams–if by cheer you  mean that I’m happy when I hear that they’ve won, but I don’t always care enough about the sports themselves to know much more than that.  (By the way, this is slightly off topic, but I was amused to see my high school prom date’s FB status:  “Let’s show Starbucks drinkers what Dunkin Donuts can do!”)  In all fairness, I did watch as much as I could of the last few minutes of the game, since it was a bit of a nail-biter.  (I was putting the girlies to bed during the interception, though.)

Nevertheless, I’ve been looking forward to this weekend for weeks, and the reason why has nothing to do with the Super Bowl.  The ALA Midwinter Meeting has been going on all weekend, and tomorrow morning they will announce their Youth Media Awards.  (The press conference is from 8-9 in Chicago, which means I may catch snatches while getting the kids ready for school.  We’ll see how that goes.)  I’d like to thank the Salt Lake County Library system, by the way, for upping the number of hold slots allowed per library card–I should have enough spots to put all of the new Newberys on hold this year.  (Many of the other Award categories tempt me as well, but I will try to be realistic about all of the things that are NOT going to happen in the next month or so!)

There you have it, folks.  Be a fellow geek and watch the broadcast online.  (Let’s just hope I don’t randomly go into labor between now and then; I never have before, but I sure am contracting, and there’s a first time for everything…)