Between ladies making arrangements for dinners and drinks and lists of who is who and NOW this fun idea….I think I am going to look a bit like a dribbling idiot at the BlogHer conference.
And I will have my camera..for sure. But will probably be either too shy to take a pic or be trying to take a pic of myself to prove I WAS THERE! This will be inbetween trying to read name tags and trying to put names and blogs together, figuring out if I am at the right session, which session to attend, is THIS were we have lunch?, is THIS where I can use the ‘net?, where is the bathroom?, is my makeup smeared across my sweaty and stressed face…..well you get the picture.
I am seriously freaking out.
I was fine until the ‘incident’ noted in the last post…about my eyes. Now I have gone super self conscious. I also now feel fat. And must now buy an entire NEW wardrobe for this thing.
And I don’t think CH remembered to buy my cool bag for me either…..I think he bought the Wii instead. Which is ok. I wanted one and the kids will be happy.
So at the conference look for a red faced flustered looking broad with cell camera in hand and wads of note paper with a lost crazy look….that will be me.
You can hang with me. I’ll be in my “nothing fits because I’m postpartum” geeky clothes with a baby strapped to me. I was at BlogHer last year, yet I’m still all flustered about meeting new people again.
I bet you’ll do just fine. 🙂
I know, I’m starting to freak out. What was I thinking? I am so very shy at social gatherings. And so very fat. And poorly dressed. And the one with spinach in my teeth. AAAAAh!
GUYS! Seriously… Everyone’s shy. Everyone feels like something is wrong with them — We come into this world feeling that way.
Hell, I was once a size 4, and thought I had VERY ugly, fat thighs.
Gorgeous comes from your personality. Not your appearance. Give half a thought to that, and 150% to putting a smile on your face and truly enjoying the adventure (because it is… and you only live once) and your enthusiasm is infectious and magnetizing.
Mark my words. Try some smile therapy while you are there. And just remember, we’re ALL in the same boat. Every. Single. One. Of. Us.
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You’ll do just fine 🙂
Hey Crunchy. I agree with NetChick. Most of us at the conference will be feeling some degree of “social anxiety”, but SMILING is the best way to break the ice. Every times someone smiles at us, we should smile back and say “hi”, and we should smile at everyone who walks by. Before you know it everyone will be feeling a bit more comfortable.
I also believe there is going to be a fun little meet and greet type activity planned for the first day. When all else fails…”fake it till ya make it”.
Last year I had all the anxieties that you are having this year. But take deep breaths and try to think of it more as a playdate rather than a class reunion.
Bloggers tend to have a geekish side and some social anxiety, or else we would not BE bloggers. Everyone understands.
Everyone will be taking pictures and screaming with delight at meeting people they love and dropping things and spilling drinks on ourselves. And it will all be fun. The only real faux pas you could make is to be a standoffish, unwelcoming jerk, and I can’t see you doing that.
The good part is that you always have an icebreaker. “What is your blog? What do you blog about? Have you been to BlogHer before? Where’s the bathroom?”