I got the most wonderful text from a graduate school friend, Melissa, today.  She asked about a colleague of mine at UNC.  I asked her why, and she noted that my colleague was on the list to go to the Society of Government Meeting Professionals (SGMP) National Conference.  I immediately texted her back to ask if she was going.  Then I waited... five... long... minutes for her response.  And it was a very suspenseful five minutes.  I even told her that I would do cartwheels down the hallway if she was going.  (Though, I am wearing a skirt and heels today, so I'm not sure that promised cartwheels will actually happen.)  Then the text came through, she is going and I will be seeing her at the conference in Minneapolis in a week and a half.  I couldn't be more excited!!