As I mentioned in my dorky dancing post, yes friends, I! am! attending! the BlogHer Conference! (which might be news to you if you didn’t see my dancing post, or aren’t following me on Twitter and seeing the ridiculous amount of tweets from me all about it) See?
Right at this moment, I’m in our minivan, with all six kids and hubs, steering the direction of our vacation through Washington DC, ultimately to our hotel for the BlogHer Conference tomorrow. And I’m only a little, slightly, freaking the @#$*(@&#$ out. This isn’t at all about parties, or people. I’m actually quite excited to attend and see my friends again (yes!!!!). My freaking out has everything to do with having taken this vacation beforehand, and whether or not hubby will be alright sight-seeing with all eleventy-billion of our kidlets while I’m at the conference. What the heck was I thinking? Gulp.
Call it superstition or what have you, but every morning I’ve woken up on our trip thus far has been a morning where I’ve pumped myself chock-full with my happy concoction of unicorns and rainbows (along with coffee), as well as a prescribed amount of knocking on wood, my head, while crossing my fingers, toes, eyes, legs, and any other body part that can be crossed to ensure our crazy plans continue to go at least semi-alright. Ahem. Because you know how hard it was for me to miss last year’s conference, I’m not going to let it happen again.
My attendance this year has been made possible with loving help from the folks at Constructive Playthings, who generously assisted me in a partial sponsorship. I am grateful for their generosity. How much more awesome can they get? You really need to go visit their site and check out my awesome discount you’ll get. Christmas is coming, folks! And? If you’re attending BlogHer, too, look for me (wearing a Crazy Adventures in Parenting tee and Constructive Playthings bag) to trade business cards with, and you can win one of four awesome gift cards I’ll be giving away! Also be on the look out for Karen of 3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires, a fellow-Constructive Mom. She’ll be giving away gift cards, too.* (And, if you’d like the chance to win a new Constructive Playthings toy, get clicky!)
And so, since we’re on our way as we speak, it’s Operation Freak Out time, in which I get eleven-kinds of spazzy, not because of the conference, or agenda, but about arriving in one piece. And Murphy’s Law, because Murphy really likes messing with me.{Sniff}
(And if you’re attending BlogHer? Come find me and give me a huge, sympathetic hug, please? I really need the hugs. And coffee. And a nap. Heh.)
*Winners of the four gift cards will be notified via email and gift cards will be mailed.
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