canada, i'm coming home

Sitting in the portland airport. Portland airport? I love your free wireless.

I'm really tired. Partly from staying up too late and partly from complete overstimulation. I've never been to a conference before. The prominent feel of being in a place with 700 other people who do the same thing is one of a false reality. A false sense of importance and celebrity. It's going to take me awhile to process it all. I also have to apologize for my poor spelling and grammar, the laptop i have been using is a little deficient.

After the mommyblogging panel yesterday i went to the panel "Is Your Blog a Canvas" with Mrs Kennedy, Elizabeth Perry and Ms Jen. It was the most inspiring panel i went to. I really felt motivated to try new things and take better care with what i am already doing.

Mrs Kennedy is an amazing woman. She's kind, endearing and smart. She really led the panel in a way that made it informative and interesting.

I met so many wonderful women it's hard to remember them all. I have a ton of business cards to go through and am eager to read some new blogs. I spoke with Alice a little last night and she was really sweet, but what i really took away from my conversation with her is that all of this is very important to her. She really cares about the things she says, the lessons people take from her and that people are treated fairly and with respect.

MaryBeth slept in this morning and raced out of the room so i didn't really get to say goodbye. I miss her already. I can't describe how truly sweet she is. I loved hearing her introduce herself with her cute little accent "Hello, I'm MaryBeth from Supafine."

I hung out with Jen from notcalm last night and i love her. Really, i do and not just because we both have four kids. We shared a beer and some stolen food and generally enjoyed finally meeting each other. I can hardly wait to see her again.

This morning at the airport i was bleary eyed tired and some woman stood behind me in line. And she talked and talked. I was feeling all rude because i was so tired and depleted of dialogue i could barely keep up the conversation. But then! She gave me her card and it was daring young mom! I had really wanted to meet her, but hadn't, so it felt kind of karmic that we met at the last minute like that.

Oh yes, I also went to the "Autonomy" panel with heather armstrong. She is famous for so many more reasons than just her fabulous writing. She is an amazing speaker. So poised and beautiful. She deserves every little good thing that comes her way.

I will now return, well after two more flights, to my regularly scheduled blogging. Well, i will probably let you in on a few new blogs over the next few weeks.