Hem skirt (because I didn't buy this dress)
Grade student response papers (12 papers x 11 students = many hours of reading and commenting)
Locate everything the kids need to take to preschool tomorrow and Friday
Charge cell phone
Make local arrangements for wedding we're all going to in two weeks
Transcribe cell phone numbers for and/or make lists of all the people I'm dying to see in Chicago
(the list is much much longer, but I ran out of words to link)
Comment on a thesis chapter
Pick up kids
Cook them dinner
Snuggle them outrageously during bedtime to make up for missing the coming two nights of bedtime
Pack
Get on a plane with her
Walk into rooms full of hundreds of people I've never met in person, hug them, and grin a lot
If you're going to be in Chicago this weekend, and I should be keeping my eyes peeled for you, leave me a comment. (Hint: I only have a lobby pass, so I won't be at any panels.) If you aren't going to The Conference That Shall Not Be Named and wish you were, just know that I was you last year, and I will miss you and wish you were there too. If you aren't going and are sick of hearing about it already, I apologize and promise not to be all gushy-gushy for days.
But for just a minute? Indulge me. How often in this life do we get a chance to step a little out of our comfort zones with a really good chance of coming away from the experience with some really good friends who don't only reside in our computers (though such friends can be invaluable) but who are huggable, real people with infectious laughs that we can now identify?
Not too often. I feel very very lucky.
And a little panicked.
Because those papers aren't going to grade themselves, and my plane leaves in a mere 18 hours...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
To Do List
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My to-do list is cranking, too. Thankfully getting smaller and smaller, though I'm sure it will grow again overnight. I'll be in Chicago, and would love to meet you.
Have a great time! We expect pictures!! As I am living vicariously through virtually every other female blogger in the universe at this point.
*pout*
No for real - have a great time!
Great to-do list. I hope you can pencil in me for some of those hugs this weekend.
You'll be in the lobby, too?! We'll have to talk!
I'm in the not going but wish I was group. Glad to know I'm not the only one Calicobebop. I'm especially bummed because SO many of my favorite bloggers are speaking in some way, shape or form. I will be living vicariously through updates. Maybe I'll get to go next year. Last year would have been perfect since it was in the same state, but I was so new to blogging I didn't even know what was going on until too late. Someday I will get to go and meet you and all of the other fabulous bloggers I adore. Have a great time!
Yeah, I'm not going. But I'm gonna buck up and be happy for everyone that is. Like you. Have a great trip!
I'll be there! I fully expect every single person whose blog I have ever commented on to recognize and love me.
e, Tara, Ally, and Tracey: I hope we find each other.
Calicobebop: pictures for sure!
Jaina and Blissfully: I wish you were going to be there too.
Ooohhh that looks like a nice dress, though a bit pricey!
Have fun at Blogher. There are a few members of British Mummy Blogger community there -- look out for them. Alpha Mummy from the Times (she's an American with bright red hair), Sian To and ExpatMum.
I see we are Bloher ad buds!
i am VERY sad that i'm not going this year.
you must hug bossy for me! and amalah! and sweetney! and kerrianne1
also, don't worry about the gushing.
it's such an awesome experience, i couldn't even manage to write about it. if you can find a way to put it into words, i say go for it.
You MUST let me know when you are in the Lobby, so I can see you! Tweet me or DM me or something! @nannygoats
Hey, so great to meet you at the conference that shall not be named. Love your blog!
If there is one thing I regret about NOT attending BlogHer '09 (and believe me, there isn't a whole lot on that list), is the fact that I can't meet you.
But I did get to go to BlogFest and who knows, maybe next year you can come and hang out with the rest of us BlogFestites down in Mathews, VA.
Hope you're having an absolutely wonderful time in Chicago.
If I don't bump into you again this weekend, it was great to meet you.
Your dress was fabulous. Even after the whole chocolate fountain episode... Vodka has a way of creeping up on you. How clever of you to go with the chocolate-colored number! I am pretty sure you have a lock on the evening gown competition, despite the number of women sizing themselves for tiaras. Which would be a decent metaphor if not for the fact that we were all, in fact, wearing tiaras.
SK
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