Conference = Lots of alcohol

Sitting here tonight in my hotel room, the last night in Seattle, I started thinking about how we spent our nights during the conference. Every single night we drank alcohol!

Towards the end of my college career (and a little after), I spent a lot of time enjoying smaller parties with alcoholic beverages. However, around the time I turned 25 I stopped drinking as much. Sure, I would have a drink here or there, but I really didn't drink much at all. But, when I started working in Admissions, I noticed that every time there is a conference going all, they serve LOTS of alcohol and it's like I'm in college again!

It all started last year when I attended the WACAC Conference in San Diego. We stayed out to the wee hours of the night hanging out in the gas lamp and having everything we wanted from the bar... for free. Then, I went to the Summer Institute at UC Santa Cruz and our nights were spent like new college freshman... playing drinking games. Then I went to NACAC in Austin, Texas and every night we had a party to attend that served free alcohol! That was just last year!

This year we had the WACAC Legislative Conference in Sacramento, WACAC in Las Vegas, User Group Conference in Portland, Maine and then NACAC in Seattle... it was a repeat of last year, but in new locations!

I really do attend all of these conferences for professional development. And, I believe that the majority of others do as well. But, why do they serve us unlimited amounts of alcohol for free? It's crazy! Haha... I can't wait until I find out the bill for the California Suite Party that a bunch of California universities threw here in Seattle (and every year)... I had never seen so much alcohol consumed... and by High School Counselors and Admission Counselors.

Just my thoughts - we're supposed to be learning, but a lot of alcohol is consumed during these conferences.