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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Recently, I got connected with someone I follow on Twitter by phone. Her name is Lisa and while we were chatting about business, we found that we have a lot in common on a personal level. Lisa lives in the Chicago area, but she said that she was going to be in Cleveland for an event. She also said that Elizabeth from Table4Five would be coming as well.

Here is something you have to understand. In the grand scheme of things, I’m “new” to the blogging community. My postitive blog has been online for almost 2 1/2 years now and I’ve tried so many avenues in the blogging world it’s pretty crazy. One of the very first Mom Blogs I started reading regularly was Table4Five. So I jumped at the chance to meet these ladies and I found myself sitting at a table with Elizabeth and Lisa last evening. Some others included A Cowboy’s Wife, BusyMom, Jodi from MomsFavoriteStuff and Young Mommy.

When I told my boss about meeting up with these ladies, he asked if I was starstruck. I told him I wasn’t. Not because they aren’t amazing women who do seriously awesome stuff in the same 24 hours I’m given everyday. I was completely at ease with everyone last night. It seems like we’ve all been “friends” for a long time. And yes, many of them look exactly like their avatars (cartoons excluded of course).

What did we talk about? Mommyhood and Blogging. What else?  I really enjoyed hanging out with these ladies last night. I found myself very much at home at a table of women who share a passion for blogging and meeting others in the blogging space. And I can’t wait to see many of them again at BlogHer this summer.

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