Then I went back to college for a weekend. I lived in a dorm room and all. And it was SPECTACULAR.
Let me tell you a little about my back to school experience at BlogU!
1. I met some of the MOST AMAZING ladies ever (including my roomie Lynn from Nomad Mom Diary). Actually, most of them I already knew in my virtual life. They had lived in my computer for years and we were pretty much already besties. Then I met them in real life. And we are even more like besties.
2. My BFFs and I took some kick ass selfies.
3. I learned SO MUCH that I thought my head would explode. Part of me wanted to throw in the towel because I was overwhelmed by all of the blogging/business info. The other part if me had a renewed confidence that I would be able to take the wealth of knowledge and run with it. So that's what I going to try to do.
4. Susan from Divine Secrets of a Domestic Diva gave us very useful information about how to treat your blog like a business! She thought her session was boring...but it was chock full o' good info. To show her how much I appreciated it, I took the most fabulous awkward prom picture with her. It's a framer.
5. Yep, you read that right. I said PROM. We went to the best prom EVER, sponsored by the wonderful folks at NickMom.
Jennifer from Real Life Parenting and I ROCKED the retro prom theme!
6. Speaking of the NickMom Retro Prom, the highlight of the night for me was when Christine from Keeper of the Fruit Loops wore my prom dress from 1995.
Bitch stole my look!
7. We had the amazing opportunity to meet editors from both Huffington Post and NickMom...and they were super helpful and sweet.
8. Nicole from Ninja Mom was the funniest person ever any time she got on the mic to speak. She needs to be a stand up comic! And she was also the most adorable thing ever. I wanted to put her in my pocket and take her home with me. So freakin' cute!
9. I got to meet one of my idols...a blogging/writing superstar, Jen from People I Want to Punch in the Throat!
10. I stayed up WAY TO LATE and laughed until I cried with Keeper of the Fruit Loops and Foxy Wine Pocket. We perfected the art of roundhouse kicks.
11. It turns out that I won't do a reading from my blog in front of hundreds of people...but I will take the microphone from the DJ and rap every single word of Young MC's "Bust a Move".
12. I have found my blogging tribe and I love each and every one of them!
In closing, it was a FAN-FREAKIN-TASTIC weekend in which I learned more in 48 hours than I learned in 4 years of college. Sorry, no that's not true. It took me 5 years to finish college. And I did learn a lot. But I #GotSchooled at BlogU!
It was great and I am already looking forward to next year!!!
A special thank you SHOUT OUT goes to Stephanie from Binkies and Briefcases who was the mastermind behind the entire BlogU conference! Also to the faculty, who were terrific and informative and patient and helpful and fabulous. You should really go check out the faculty list and visit each and every single one of them!!!
It looks like you had an awesome time. I'm so glad you could be there and that you felt like you learned a lot!
ReplyDeleteI love you so much! You are not only hilarious, you are one of the kindest bloggers ever! MWAH!
ReplyDeleteLove this recap, but mostly your prom dress then and now - that's too much!
ReplyDeleteI puffy heart you like you couldn't even imagine.
ReplyDeleteYour adorable face was everywhere, and I loved meeting you. And each time I looked at you in that...um...elegant? prom dress, I died laughing all over again.
ReplyDeleteI really hope your niceness is contagious and that you sneeze it into every room you walk in, forever.
Can't believe Fruit Loop actually wore YOUR dress. She rocked it out. Love #11.
ReplyDeleteSO happy I finally got to meet you! What a BLAST! xo DG
ReplyDeleteWow! You really went back to college for a week! How I wish I could relive the best moments of my university life, just like what you did in that wonderful event. Christine wearing your prom dress is really hilarious. Haha! Anyway, I hope everyone in the family's in the best of health! All the best! :)
ReplyDeleteValerie Casey @ Studemont Group
We only briefly met and talked but I was the one dragging you over so that I could point out to the DJ that you knew every word to every rap song in the 80s-90s. I think it was when you were busting out Marky Mark's "Good Vibrations" lyrics that I realized you were a force to be reckoned with. :) Wish we could've talked more - but there's always next year!
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