Dancing at My Desk

I’ve been so fortunate to be able to attend Blogher 2009 today in Chicago. I’m sitting in my hotel room now with millions of thoughts whirring through my brain and it’s tough to keep up. This is a familiar place for me. It always happens when I meet other people (women in particular) who love blogging as much as I do. It’s a place where I’m most likely to come up with great ideas and actually carry those ideas to fruition.

Perhaps you know the place that I’m talking about. It’s an intersection called Inspiration and Motivation. I’m so there.

The toughest part about being at this place? Deciding what to do first. I’m a list person. And I have enough material pumping through me that I could fill up an entire notebook of ideas, task lists, items to tackle, people to reach out to and general ideas that I need to build out a bit more.

Some people hate this place. It’s too overwhelming. And I’ll be the first to admit that after I went downstairs and signed in for the conference, I came back up to my room and had to CONVINCE myself to go back down. So many bloggers and so little confidence meant I was a bit hesitant. But I can’t tell you how awesome it is when someone asks about your blog and when you tell them what it is they exclaim “I loved your post about (fill in the blank).” Wow. There’s not many other words for it.

So it’s time to get off my duff and get busy. And if you’ll excuse me, I have some lists and action plans to create.

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Yesterday, my husband asked if I wanted to take the kids fishing. At first, I wasn’t really up to it. I had just spent five days in Virginia visiting my parents and the day in my hometown for my cousin’s wedding. In total, I had driven more than 22 hours in seven days. I wasn’t up for another car trip.

But I caved. Because the fishing poles we got the kids were too cute.

So off we went. I am not the type of person who is inclined to go fishing. At all. I’ve been twice before and I’ve never caught anything. So I’m not exactly the type of person who gets all “woo hoo” about fishing.

My husband picked a spot that had a lot of blue gill. Apparently, these fish are the easiest to catch. And he was right. My daughter caught 11 fish and my son caught 8. They had a blast. They lasted more than two hours fishing (I had my money on 20 minutes, so I would have lost that bet).

Isaac's First Fish

Veronica's First Fish

The highlight of the day? I caught a couple of fish, mostly Blue Gill. But I had one that I really had to fight with to reel in. When I pulled it out of the water, my husband told me it was a Large Mouth Bass. He seemed jealous. I’m quite proud of myself.

My Large Mouth Bass

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