Yesterday was a bloggity good day

Remember when I posted that shot of myself 9 months pregnant with Monroe, and you all said I looked great, and I said, "Oh no, that's an accidental camera trick. I'm actually quite huge." Here's what I mean. That's me yesterday at five months pregnant (and trust me, I was much larger in that 9-month shot from the last pregancy).

But - beyond the self-obsessed observation of my size, the real news is that I met a blogfriend live and in person for the very first time. Annie is a whirlwind of energy, intelligence and compassion, just as you might expect from her blog. We met for dinner at Squid's in Chapel Hill, which I can't recommend highly enough. I made fast friends with Jamie, the general manager, when I had to call three separate times for directions before actually finding the place.

AND I relied on a real-life friend who's also a blogger to help too. Sarah rescued me by logging into my Facebook account and finding Annie's phone number, which I had forgotten. Given that Sarah has probably met hundreds of blogfriends in real life, I thought it seemed terribly appropriate that she helpd me on my way to my first blogfriend meetup.

After dinner, I got to meet Annie's husband, her five cats (or maybe just 4 of them, one may have been hiding), and one of her friends who helps out with J. Plus, Annie is introducing me virtually to another blogfriend of hers who will be a good contact for some of my business blogging adventures.

It turned out to be quite a nice night considering how crazed my day had been. Before heading to dinner, I had five back-to-back meetings, which all ran late, so I was running behind for each and every one. I kept meaning to get back to my computer to make a plan for the drive to Chapel Hill and even make it to my hotel room before that drive to change my clothes and brush my hair, but that never happened. That's how I ended up on the road with a grease stain on my shirt, and without good directions or the appropriate phone number.

But then the dinner was fantastic, as I've described, and when I finally did make it to my hotel room around 9, I WON AT BLINGO and had an invitation to join a book group at work to read Devra's book. Seriously. How's that for more bloggity goodness? What's Blingo and how can you win? Go register & start searching. After that, don't forget to read Annie & Sarah & Devra. Oh, and if you get the chance, eat at Squids!

Comments

[david]

Wow... hanging with Annie and winning at Blingo... what a good day!

[Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah]

I love winning at Blingo.

And I was glad to help. I love meeting blog people.

[devra renner]

Why don't I get emails inviting me to book discussions about my book? LOL

I think that is awesome that your Internet life and Offline life got to intersect!!!!

I want to eat at Squids. When?

[Becky]

How cool!

[Godwinvw]

thank you, brother