So, I am officially attending the Blogher Conference in August and I am NERVOUS. I am not really sure why I am so nervous, seeing as I definitely have no problem going up to people and speaking to them, but I am. I guess this whole arena and group is just entirely new to me. I am terrified that it is going to be like one of those high school reunion movie scenes where everyone is adults but they are still brutal to each other…only I didn’t even know any of these women in high school.
Let’s be honest, I just started blogging three months ago and don’t really have my footing yet…let alone a proper header on my blog itself (ahem, I am still offering a lifetime supply of homemade truffles – you know who you are). So who the heck do I think I am going to a blogging conference?!? But I do really want to learn more and figure all of this out. Plus, it is in New York this year, so that felt like a sign. Yes, clearly I was looking for a sign.
I feel like a confused and self-conscious tween. What should I wear? Who will I eat lunch with? Do my new ‘blogger business cards’ look okay?
Alright, I never had that third thought cross my mind when I was twelve (partly because the internet was still something you dialed up through your phone line maybe once a week, so I definitely wasn’t doing any blogging) but the general anxiety is really quite similar.
If you are reading this and you are a real, live fellow blogger who is attending this conference or who knows someone who is attending, please, please, please reach out to me. I’d love to walk into this situation knowing at least one person.
If not, I guess I will just have to find a group of women and ask them to be my friends. It worked in college.
Honey, I only met you that one week in Tlaquepaque in January but I think you are an amazing blogger, very funny…very, very funny and real and I just want to support you participating in the blogher conference in August. I hope it goes well for you and you keep up your online journal. It is informative and entertaining.
Take care, Kathleen
Kathleen, Thank you so much for the kind words and support! It is hard enough to find time to post, let alone to figure what the heck I am doing. Hopefully this conference will help a little.
I hope all is well with you and hope to see you again at some point.
Again, your comment is very appreciated!
I enjoyed meeting you at BlogHer! And speaking of controlled chaos, you should see MY house right now. I still haven’t finished unpacking and there’s @#$% everywhere! Sigh…
Stella – I enjoyed meeting you, as well! Thanks so much for visiting my site…and more importantly, for commenting. We all know how good that feels. 🙂 I totally understand. The post I am about to upload is definitely not about the current state of my home, because it would have had to be just straight “Chaos.” I’m sighing with you over here….