BlogHer awaits

A few months ago, I heard the BlogHer conference was in Chicago this year, but was non-plussed by the idea of attending. I couldn't imagine paying to hang out and listen to people talk about blogging. I mean I have been doing it for five years now, I am pretty familiar with the concept.

But then I was out with a few other bloggers one night in March (incidentally, that was the night I got violently ill with a stomach ailment and chalked it up to Indian food, except HA, I was pregnant and didn't know it) and they all told me how you don't need to go to the conference because all anyone really remembers anyway are the parties. That of course piqued my interest, I mean drinking and hanging out are two of my favorite things to do.

A few weeks ago, one of my favorite bloggers (Sarah of "Life at 45 Degrees") was having a shitty few weeks and I insisted she come out for BlogHer, despite not having tickets. She could just go to the parties with me! So she booked a flight and she'll be here tomorrow. We'll be picking up another awesome blogger (Sarah, of "Harry Times, All Jacked Up", although we should all be calling her Dr. Sarah since she's a newly minted PhD) and the three of us will be going for manicures and pedicures.

Then we'll be off to dinner with a large group of other bloggers before hitting some parties. Of course, I will have to remain sober, sigh, but I will hand my free drinks off to the other ladies. Despite not being able to drink, I am so looking forward to this weekend. I am hoping to have fun with the bloggers I already know and to meet several I have been reading for years. I also hope to meet many, many new bloggers.

So if you're attending, and you spy me with your little eye, please come and say hello. I'll even give you one of my nifty new blog business cards! And I won't be drunk, so the chances of me slurring my words and not remembering meeting you are very slim. Also, I won't spill any drinks on you. Maybe. But if I do, I won't have any excuse for doing so.

In the meantime, look for a large number of tweets on my Twitter feed this weekend. I am sure all of Twitter will crash from the sheer number of bloggers all doing it at once from the same spot, but maybe they'll use messenger pigeons or something.