day 1 recap

What a day.

I spent much of my day alone out on the pier smoking (yes i do that on occasion.)

I attended half a session on branding where they said you had to sum your blog up in five words. Hmm. What would i say? Today? I would say i attempted suicide live on the internet. And now you are all here to see me in person and witness what i look like. Stand back.

I had lunch and a long chat with Leah Peterson which was amazing. My trip was made perfect at that point. I love her.

Then the obligatory mommyblogger panel. It was good. MochaMomma made a well deserved stink about race and inclusion. I stood up and shakily commented about the divide between moms with babies/toddlers and moms with older children.

Then a dinner with Style magazine. Ick. They dumped my purse and "organized" it for me and now i can't find anything. I skipped out on that.

And! And my luggage is here. It went to hawaii and back. Lucky bugger.

I have my period and left my tampons (except for a few travel ones) in my luggage and so got to borrow tampons from Ariel Meadow-Stallings and Sarcastic Journalist.

Good night dirty undies. Hello luggage.

Posted by Jess at 08:21 PM Permalink

Comments (7)

mamatulip

I'm so glad your luggage is back. Seriously. That's gooooood.

Posted by mamatulip | July 28, 2007 04:58 AM

Terra

LOL. Oh, Jess. I hope you can read this back in a year and laugh at it. I hope. I hope!
Terra

Posted by Terra | July 28, 2007 09:08 AM

coolbeans

I would love to hear what you said about the baby/toddler and older kid divide. Does audio of this session exist? Must investigate.

Posted by coolbeans | July 29, 2007 03:58 PM

leahpeah

i loved talking with you. xo
we do need more resources for parents of older kids. let's make one.

Posted by leahpeah | July 30, 2007 10:54 AM

OMSH

I'd appreciate those resources - my 10 year old would too. :)

Posted by OMSH | July 30, 2007 02:34 PM

Kelly

I really enjoyed meeting you (I was the cold girl on the bus - and I'm never cold). I have dutifully bookmarked you... :)

I agree with a lot of your BlogHer comments. I, too, was horrified by the waste - I thought a better option would have been free bags and "schwag piles" where you could choose what you wished to take back.

At any rate, great to meet you, glad you came to BlogHer!

Posted by Kelly | July 31, 2007 05:51 AM

Shash

OMG, I remember you that day, and I was SO THRILLED someone spoke up about older children and mommy blogs. You. Were. Awesome.

I had no idea you had such social anxiety then. I met you at lunch and have a beautiful photo of you and Kelly from Mocha Momma.

I've been reading since then and I just wanted to say you are very inspiring.

I hope to see you again soon!

Shash

Posted by Shash | February 26, 2008 09:49 AM