So Much Fun!

Me, apres the conference banquet. The dress is Max Studio and the shoes Ralph Lauren–I confess, I own 8 Max Studio dresses as they are designed perfectly to fit my body type.

I had a wonderful time at the banquet–we sat outside over looking the lake. It was held at the Hotel Elderado. I talked with so many interesting and fun people. The food was delicious also.
I recently have felt very disillusioned with academia and my thesis process. But this conference was just what I needed to feel good about my career path again. I received some compliments last evening at the banquet from several people. In general, they were thrilled with my presentation. One particular woman told me that I am a very skilled presenter and my presentation was very interesting and that she sees really exciting things ahead for me in my career–I can’t beat that comment! It felt so good to be with academics and to be treated with respect and as a person of interest and knowledge. And my paper was published in the conference proceedings so now I am published! 🙂 Peter and Phil did a fab job planning the conference.
I feel good about the path I am on. My goal to get my MFA next and teach and research Fine Arts at a University is just what I want.
The only down side of the conference is that I lost my note book and one of the presenters from UBC kept reiterating in her speech that Canada is a British colony!  We are a part of the British Commonwealth of Nations but we are NOT a colony nor have we been in a very long time. We became an independent nation in 1867!

And double more fun! I am for sure teaching 2 ZumbAtomics classes this fall at the rec centre. M & F 1h classes–so excited to be teaching again!