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The weekend began with a night out with a bunch of non-librarian friends at Crocodile Rock for $2.75 drinks and a whole lot of gabbing and general catching-up. The highlight of the evening for me was spreading the word of the 26,000 librarians that are expected to descend upon the city in June (ALA/CLA, joint national library conference which will be a big deal, in a good way) and having the news met with a whole lot of whistling, high-fiving and chest-bumping by all my single male friends. For whatever reason, this made me very happy. It was nice to get out and see people again, as I was sure to have informed everyone last night, I have been in hibernation this winter, coming out on rare occasions to gather essentials and see some folks. This trend is definitely on the wane, it’s + 10°C today (it took me a while to reloate the plus sign on my keyboard, even though it sits right next to the minus sign, with which I have been far too intimately acquainted this winter) and I am on my way out for a walk in the neighbourhood. After that, my book for a couple of hours, some library-lit reading I have to finish this weekend, and then to-morrow to my parents’ place for a visit. Suddenly I am very happy to be venturing forth from my musty little apartment.