by Penny Richards

ACDIS and I are both celebrating our birthday this week. ACDIS is turning 10. I turned 10 a long time ago. Since ACDIS can’t tell you what she wants for her birthday (yes, I think of ACDIS as a “she”), I’m going to tell you want I want for my birthday. Here goes, in no particular order:

• A CEU tracker so our CCDS holders can log their continuing education activities online
• For my local Cumberland Farms to never run out of fresh decaf iced coffee
• For everyone who fills out a CCDS application by hand to used black ink
• For Ben and Jerry’s Coffee Heath Bar Crunch ice cream to taste just as amazing as always AND be a healthy dessert option
• To never again have to tell someone that their CCDS expired because they didn’t recertify on time

Show me the money. The Jerry Maguire quote is a phrase CDI professionals are likely also familiar with.

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