ACUI rocks!

Day 6!! And its been a really, REALLY long six days. But a really GREAT six days. I have been in Anaheim California serving as a graduate intern for the ACUI annual conference. There are six interns here and we have been having a great time! For starters, we haven't really slept much (haha... sounds familiar, right?) but we have been meeting people and networking and just having a really good time with each other. Its been great getting to finally meet and hang out with the ACUI Central Office Staff. Plus I've been able to see some folks from my old Region and have begun to network with those professionals in my new region. I haven't gotten to participate in much but I figure I am "doing my time". It seems like serving on the Conference Management Team is kinda like a right of passage-- so many of the professional staff members here have served in past years... I think its really going to open up some opportunities for me, especially through all of the networking. I really want to be able to go back to the annual conference next year which is going to be in New York City! Overall the conference has been a great experience... I love the staff, the other interns, and in general just the experience of working and meeting all of these fantastic union folks!

Tomorrow is our last day-- we are hoping to get over to DisneyLand for a bit :) Then its home on the Friday RedEye and I plan on sleeping for about 48 hours. So see you after I wake up...