All creatures great and small

Tomorrow I leave for the ALA Midwinter Conference in San Antonio. Here is the message I left for Jenny and Corinne:

There are two mousetraps under my computer desk (at the waaaaaaay back). Could you please check them periodically for dead mice? If there are any, let Barb know. She'll call the mouse trap ladies, who will hold the funerals and reset the traps.

Apparently the tiny mouse that scurried under my feet last week is one of many inhabiting our aged building. The mousetrap ladies were very busy today.

I'm happy about going to the conference, but I'm sorry to be missing the first day of Spirit Week on Monday. I was looking forward to reprising my role as a cheerleader at this year's Faculty-Student basketball game. Beesley should be relieved, though. Last year I had some trouble understanding exactly where the court ended and the sidelines started. Not a good quality in a cheerleader.