I went to the #AONW conference last week, and I've got a whole jumble of feelings in response to it.

Success! I went to a whole conference (roughly 23 hours over three days) with a bunch of other humans and had an overall positive experience!

It was AONW's first in-person conference since the pandemic hit, so I wasn't alone in my *just now crawling out from under my rock* feeling.

It was reassuring to see some familiar faces, and refreshing to make new connections with other like-minded folk.

And yet, a feeling of disconnect too. It's been a while since I've been a part of the kind of team that people talk about here. Some of these things I have a hard time relating to *any* organization I've been in. And I'm not sure I left with a better picture of next opportunities than I arrived with.