Home again, Home again...jiggity jig!

Sunday...on the way home. Snead and I are sitting on the plane from San Jose to Dallas in zombie-like comas (These are Snead's words. They sounded good, so I stole them. hehe)

We both tried sleeping, but it's just not happening. Probably gonna pass out immediately when we get home. Or, even more cruel, we'll NOT be able to sleep at all for the next three days.

The Blogher conference wasn't exactly what I expected it to be, but I still learned a lot. I am looking forward to opening my electronic goodie box when I get home and reading all the recaps from each session.

We got to meet several A-List bloggers, and Snead got chummy with Nancy White. We sat in a great session about writing about sex and sexuality on the Net. Maybe I'll spice up my blog a bit after this. No, there will be no porno, so don't get that excited.
;-) And, the names will be omitted to protect the innocent.

I really enjoyed meeting DrowningInKids, who hails from Canada. I'd read her blog several times, so it was kewl putting a face with it, and she was delightful. I also wrote down a TON of new URLs of blogs I'd like to check out. One that really intrigued me was a foodie blog called Egg Beater. We also met Halley, of Halley's Comment, and Susie Bright. I have visited Susie's blog MANY times, and it was great to meet her and hear her speak in the Sexuality panel.

I also met Amalah. I read her blog quite a bit. And, I met Karianna, who writes The Karianna Spectrum about her PDD-NOS (a mild form of autism) son at ClubMom. She and Snead, who also blogs at ClubMom (Use Your Words), had a really animated discussion about their sons and the various aspects of raising a child with autism. Shout out to Karianna!

I also sat in on a session on Group blogging. I was hoping it would be much meatier than it turned out to be, but I did get some good ideas from it. When I get home, I'll be creating a group blog for the Gainesville High School Swim Team. I had considered creating a website for the team, but I think a blog will give us a place to post all our stats, schedules, etc., and also allow the kids to have access to post themselves and share their photos and other things that interest them. I'm hoping they'll enjoy the experience. I just have to figure out what the best platform will be. I'm going to look into Movable Type this week. I really want to get it up and running before school starts.

The most amazing thing was just to be in a room with almost 800 women at once...all of them smart, funny, creative, empowered and more!

Can't wait to be home. I am missing Brandy, the kids and my nice, soft mattress. The hotel beds were like sleeping on bricks. Ugh. All-in-all, though, the Hyatt turned out to be better than it first appeared. The Internet connection was touchy and service was kind of slow, but the room was super clean. And, the staff did a good job of setting up our rooms for the conference as well as all the food and beverage stations. It was a plus that they served Starbucks coffee.

The girls called yesterday to tell me that Colton found a kitten near the yard. Naturally, they are dying to keep it! I have no idea what I want to do about that. I'd really like to stick with only the two cats we currently have, but who knows what I'll be suckered into when I get home. *sigh*

I'm hoping more than anything that the house is not a terrible, horrible, very bad mess when I walk in the door. That always stresses me out, because I know that I'll have to clean it in order to start my week off right. I have a hard time concentrating on work with a mess all around me.

Time to shut up before I ramble on.

Leona

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