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Time flies when you’re having fun. Time also flies when you’ve had an amazing time in New York City, and then come home to a house full of more “fun” (as in whiny kids who are secretly holding a grudge against you for leaving them for almost a week), followed by finding out you’ve been accepted to start training for an about.com job that could possibly throw you into freelance writing further than you’ve ever been thrown before.
(More about that one later, it’s awe-some!)
So yes, time has flown.
That’s not to say I have pushed aside the BlogHer10 trip as if it were some hot one-nighter. As a matter of fact it was so incredible and overwhelming, I haven’t even really been able to process it until now.
Mary plopped down beside us in the bar, a blue Santa hat on her head.
It was the beginning of August, but I didn’t ask questions. We were in New York at the BlogHer10 conference and I had seen far stranger things by that point in the trip.
Tracy asked how Mary was doing. She smiled and lifted a single orange high heel shoe from her bag, placing it on the table amidst our drinks.
“I lost my other stripper shoe,” she said, gesturing toward the heel.
Immediately, I pulled out my phone, took a picture of the sexy heel, and Tweeted: Read more on Lone Stripper Shoe-Napping: A Tale…
We’re @ the airport, ready to go home… worried we *might* have too much to pass for carryons.
Oh, and check this out: I shipped those boxes yesterday, right? Well, they ran out of UPS Ground forms, so I had to use 3 Day Select. I am afraid of how much that’s going to cost… I think I should’ve just checked a bag and forked out the $25.
Shippers’ remorse.
Alright. Here are our not-so-stunning morning faces: Read more on Vlog(s): Delirious in New York…
Me words no… work?
Head brain not function.
There have been few times in my life that I have ever been this tired and we still have more to do tonight. Whew! It’s exhausting. It’s ridiculous. It’s awesome.
You wouldn’t believe the swag that I’ve received here. They aren’t joking around. Read more on Vlog: Checking in from BlogHer10…
Before I dive headfirst into the first day of our trip, I have to get something off my chest:
Roberto?! Really… I mean, really?!
Chris was the perfect guy. He was the normal guy. He was the guy who was taking things at an appropriate speed and cautiously hinting at his feelings like, um, a normal dude would.
Don’t get me wrong, I think Roberto’s plenty nice on the eyes and seems sweet enough.
But Chris… Chris!
Dumb move, Allie. Dumb, dumb move.
My friend was so distraught over her choice, she chucked several M&Ms at the TV. You know a woman is pissed when she uses precious, crunchy chocolate as a projectile. Read more on #BlogHer10: Day One in New York!…
My brain is too full and overwhelmed to think up some awesomely creative and quirky way to start this blog, so I’m going with this sentence and callin’ it good.
Tuesday morning, at the buttcrack of dawn, I leave for New York City.
I have so much to prepare before hand, hence the full-brain issue. Read more on Swag = Awesome…
Most guys are complete wusses when they’re sick.
(HA! I just wrote “pregnant” instead of sick. That was funny. Anyway…)
Most guys, when sick, roll around in agony, whine in misery, certain that they are writhing on death’s doorstep.
Not Clint.
This man has the immune system of an elephant.
(This is, of course, assuming elephants have excellent immune systems. I, for one, have never seen a sick elephant, so I’m going with that analogy.)
And the suck-it-up-ness of something equally tough.
(Sorry, I’m out of animal analogies. My brain is still stuck on sick elephants.) Read more on PhotoBlog: Impromptu…
Who has two thumbs and just won a trip to New York?
*this mama!*
I. Won. I Woniwoniwoniwon. I have said that about 182,345 times since finding out Friday morning, and I’m still not sure it has sunk in.
Today’s PhotoBlog comes courtesy of my brother-in-law who is currently on a business trip to Australia. He snapped this shot with his phone and put it on Facebook with the caption: “This sign tells it like it is.”
Read more on PhotoBlog: Tell it like it is….
I received an interesting email today, one that has me in a bit of a conundrum. First, have you ever heard of the BlogHer network? It’s a pretty big deal. Sites like my favorites: Cake Wrecks, Lost In Suburbia, and Karen Walrond of Chookooloonks belong to the BlogHer network.
22. Twen-ty two. That’s the number of hours I have slept since last Monday. Never in my life have I been so deliriously tired and, as a mom of twins,
that’s saying a lot.
Last night, my wonderful father-in-law picked me up from the airport at 11:30pm and drove Wy and I the 1.5 hours home. I tried to keep my eyes open. I tried to chat. Around, oh, 20 minutes into the
drive, I decided that I …
Ho. Lee. Ca. No. Lee.
My body is exhausted. In fact, I am writing this blog with my cheek resting heavily on a pillow and the rest of my body motionless. My fingers and eyeballs are, in fact, the only parts of my body
that I can move at this point.
My brain, though? Oh… that’s another story.
I would absolutely love to go into detail about everything I learned but, let’s face …
Dang, it’s good to be funny.
This afternoon, I drove Lindsay’s car the 45 minutes to the conference. I realized two things:
- Ohio drivers don’t believe the whole “right lane is the slow lane, left lane is the fast lane” philosophy. Instead, every lane is the slow
lane. (And I don’t speed. Much. Unlikesome
people…) - GPS is continually defeating. Driving down the road, I was excited to see …
There have been so many blog-worthy stories in the past 24 hours, I’m going to have to split this sucker up into some sections!
Background: How in the world can a mom of 4 take a trip?
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As a background, so the rest of this blog makes sense: I am currently on a cross-country trip with one of my twins, staying with a friend (whose name is also Lindsay), all signed …
