Travel Plans Confirmed!

So we finally confirmed our travel plans for California this summer. We're leaving for California June 10th, and coming back home June 30th. I know that's a long time, but we haven't seen my aunt and uncle since 2006. I haven't seen my cousin Natalie since 2004, and while I saw my cousin Lisa recently (relatively speaking - 2009) my mom and dad have never met her son, and none of us will have met her daughter who will be born around March 1. We're flying to Fresno where my aunt and uncle live, and my cousin Natalie should be there also. Some of is will be staying in a hotel, and others at ay aunt's house. We haven't decided who will be staying where yet, but there's not room for all of us in the house. My cousin Lisa may also come visit with her husband and kids, or we may go to San Leandro (across the bay from San Francisco) and see her. That's something else we haven't worked out, and it partly depends on how she feels about traveling with a 3 month old baby. Besides visiting family we haven't planned a whole lot. There's been talk of seeing Yosemite, but so far all we have firmly planned is when we'll be flying out.

The other thing we've confirmed and planned is that I get to go to the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim. I'll be renting a car and driving from Fresno. I'm not too worried. Mom says it's a straight shot on 99 and I-5, and I'll have my GPS. I'm really looking forward to the conference! Besides getting lots of free books (so, so many free books!!) it looks like Chris Colfer (Kurt on Glee) is going to be there! I definitely want to hear him talk, and I've already had two people ask me to have him sign something for them. I'd like something for myself too! And of course the conference has useful/interesting panels and discussions and such. I've also scheduled in an extra day after the conference ends to go to Disneyland! I'm really looking forward to that!! I've been going around all day saying, "I'm going to Disneyland!" I feel like I'm in a post Super Bowl commercial. (Elizabeth Koerber, you've just registered for the ALA Conference! What are you going to do now? I'm going to Disneyland!) I am really excited about this trip though. It should be fun.

As a side note, I'd like to say the book "11/22/63" by Stephen King is really good! I've never read anything by him before, but I'm really enjoying this. A character in the book goes back to 1958. I wondered what I would do if that happened to me, and my first thought was, "I've got to go find Issac Asimov! I get a chance to meet him!" Obsessed with Asimov, me? Why do you ask?