Conference is going pretty good. The classes I've been able to get into have been really interesting, but getting into them has been a challenge. The TAEA folks didn't check on room capacities when they booked this place, so only 30 or 40 people have been able to get into each workshop at a time. Compound that with a huge number of attendees divided by maybe ten offerings per hour and you end up with a large luxury hotel full of angry art teachers.
That aside, when you finally DO get into a class (and I finally elbowed my way into three), they are really interesting and useful. I'm heading off to bed now to get rested up for the fights tomorrow.