I am so excited to be here and overwhelmed and high on adrenaline and warm and fuzzy and OMG. I'm meeting such amazing women that I have admired from afar, and also finally being able to HUG people I've wanted to hug for so long.
I've never had a group I could honestly call My Girls. As in, oh I'm just going to hang with My Girls. But I feel that here. I've got a group of friends I truly identify with from all over the country and I truly feel at home here. Does it feel like high school the majority of the time? Oh yeah. But here, everyone gets it. Gets what we do, gets the relationships formed, gets the importance of the community. I truly love it here, and the most comfortable beds on the face of the Earth may or may not have anything to do with it.
I know there are a lot of BlogHer haters out there and I don't really know what to say about that other than I truly believe it is what you make it. Too terrified to go up to someone and chat? You'll be lonely. Caught up in the drama? You'll be exhausted. If anything, I feel empowered to be around so many successful women (and men! they're representing too!) and know that because of this I can and WILL be a better writer. (Not evidenced by this post of course, as I am running on four hours sleep. But soon! Oh very soon!)
In other news, Live Well Spend Well is rockin' and rolling. We'll have some new giveaways coming up soon. Thanks so much for the love and support!
Girl, you are an AWESOME writer. Four hours of sleep or not :)
Have fun!!
Posted by: Jen | July 24, 2009 at 03:25 PM
So glad you are having a good time. I'm gonna be honest, I've been addicted to your twitter updates today. Somehow I still got my shit done here at work...not quite sure how, but somehow.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend!
Posted by: Kate | July 24, 2009 at 04:06 PM
Glad you're having a great time. Who needs sleep!
Posted by: Mom | July 24, 2009 at 06:33 PM
awwww, glad you're having so much fun. Wish I could be there to meet and hug YOU!!
Enjoy, have a blast, all that :)
Posted by: Kirsten | July 24, 2009 at 08:34 PM
I'm glad you're having fun...wish I was there!
Posted by: lilfootsmommy | July 24, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Oh, I am SOOOOOOOO jealous!!
Posted by: Nadine | July 27, 2009 at 09:37 AM
It was great meeting you!!
Posted by: Amy W | July 27, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Good fun! Yay!
I would love to give you a hug!
So happy to hear you are having such a blast!
Posted by: Joy Covell | July 28, 2009 at 04:31 PM
I totally enjoyed myself at BlogHer (perhaps a little too much at times as evident in some awful photos of me, but whatever)and I totally enjoyed meeting you! You can call me 'your girl' anytime!
You hitting NYC next year?
Posted by: SJ | July 30, 2009 at 05:21 PM
I feel the same way about BlogHer. It was SO awesome that I keep putting off writing about it because I can't find the words worthy to describe it. :) Soon I hope.
Was looking for a twitter link so I could follow you?
Posted by: Toni | August 04, 2009 at 08:50 AM