You May Think It's Pronounced A-R-S-C, But It's Not...

ARSC. My favorite professional association.

I got another reminder via the listserv to book my flight and hotel for the ARSC Conference in May, saying that a lot of airlines were having better deals on flights right now. It's true! I priced flights about a month ago at around $350, and now I can fly (Southwest) for about $270. It's good because that will have to be on my credit card for a while!

I spent a large part of the day getting my travel grant application together because CUA cannot afford to pay for most of the expense, and I definitely can't. I'm going to review everything tomorrow, email a pdf (since I have that option) once I am completely happy with my letter. Compiling this grant gave me a good opportunity to review and update my resume, and practice writing a cover letter.

I've also spent a portion of the day negotiating conference and expenses with my boss and the library director (I'd rather go to ARSC than SAA. ARSC is better. I think we should not ask for the entire grant amount and say that CUA can pay for certain expenses so they might be more willing to give me what I ask for. ARSC is awesome!). I didn't saw ARSC was awesome, but it definitely is.

Now all I have to hope for is that a lot of other people don't apply for this grant, or I'm deserving enough to receive it.

New Orleans, one way or another, here I come!