Funny you should mention something like that! We just finished our
state library conference (have only been home an hour!) and while I
have a nice car, I spent 2 hours vacuuming it out and when I got it
washed on Tuesday I had the car wash guys wipe down the door jams...
my husband was playing chauffeur to the likes of Judy Freeman (WOW!
What a terrific gal! Kept us spellbound with all of her ideas! (Hi,
Judy! Hope your basement wasn't flooded)), Gordon Korman and Alex
Sanchez! They probably didn't notice that it was clean, but they sure
would have noticed if it was dirty!
BTW, we also had Patricia Reilly Giff (aka as "Pat Giff")...and she
was also terrific! (but she didn't get to ride in my clean car...she
rented one and drove over from Seattle)
Consider this a recommendation for any of these authors!
Barb Engvall
=^..^=
Teacher-Librarian
John Campbell Elem
Selah, WA
macbarb@charter.net
http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/JC/jc.cfm
On Oct 13, 2005, at 6:13 PM, Shonda Brisco wrote:
> We will be hosting Newbery-Award winning author AVI to our campus
> on Monday, October 17th. This has been a two-year effort in
> arranging for his visit and we are SO excited to be able to do
> this for our students and teachers.
>
> While the basic things have been arranged (his hotel, flight,
> meals), when it comes down to the minor things, I have decided that
> librarians (or least "some librarians") are worse than "movie-star
> groupies!"
>
> For me, I've known since the summer that I will be the ONE who
> picks up Avi to bring him to our school on the morning of his
> presentation. Besides the average problems of the day (what should
> I wear---as if he cared), I have now decided that there IS an
> obsession in all of this for me that transcends the basic wardrobe
> questions....
> .......what about my CAR????
>
> Now, you can't bring an "award-winning author" to your school in a
> pick-up truck!! (Even if it IS in Texas!) I knew that this "author-
> business" was an obsession for me when I decided two weeks ago to
> buy a new car! While it was easy to convince my husband that I
> needed to trade-in my old car for something newer (he's a techno-
> car-freak --just give him an excuse to buy anything that has a
> motor or can be upgraded), it wasn't until last weekend when I
> said, "Now, I feel better having a new car to transport Avi around
> Fort Worth...." that I knew I had a problem!! (besides a now-
> jealous husband!) <grin>
>
> So....to those of you out there who are just like me (author-
> groupies), please let me share with you that there is NOT a 12-step
> program to stop this insanity! However, I am SO excited to be able
> to host AVI at our school on Monday...and I wanted to brag (and
> confess my insanity).... But, this has to stop
> somewhere.....right?....(Don't even ask what I had planned for Toni
> Buzzeo's visit....unfortunately, it won't be ready until next
> summer, so I missed her latest visit, but I'm ready for her the
> next time she's in Texas!!) <grin>
>
>
> (....I wonder if I could get Avi to autograph the dashboard of my
> new car???)
>
> Thanks for listening! I'll post photos of Avi's visit to the
> library's website immediately following our adventure on Monday!!
>
> ~Shonda
>
>
> Shonda Brisco, MLIS
> US / Technology Librarian
> Fort Worth Country Day School
> Fort Worth, TX
> sbrisco@fwcds.org
>
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