I'd like to say that I'm totally over last year's newbie cold feet, but well...I'm a work in progress or regress, I'm never sure. You can read about what happened to me at Allume and if I'm honest what I hope won't happen to me again this year...at least the whole random loss of my voice. The cupcake eating, amazing sessions, hanging with amazing blog friends part I hope definitely happens again!
Like I said I'm rooming with two real life friends this year so the whole "Ten Things my Roommate Should Know About Me" post is well, a tad unnecessary. One of my Allume roomies was my roommate for two years before we both got married. She definitely experienced the good, the bad, and the quirky of my personality. The other is a fairly new friend, but she is a gem and can roll with whatever crazy I throw at her.
With that said I thought I might do a "Ten Things You Should Know When You Meet Me" post, so here goes:
1) I always say this so that it doesn't throw you off, but I still understand if you need to blurt out "You are shorter than I thought you would be!" I'm short. Shorter than I look online. Like less than 5' short. I like to claim the "Small but fierce." title at times. This is one of those times.
2) I will have a second cupcake. Don't ask. Don't judge. Just embrace the sugar addict that is me.
3) I cry. A lot. Over things that normal people don't cry over.
4) Words are my kryptonite. It is dangerous for me to be around hundreds of writers at once (see #3)
5) I want you to come up to me. If you see me before I see you then tackle me with a hug, scream my name, throw a paper airplane at me, wave your arms like one of those things on a used car lot. I want to meet YOU! {Imagine me pointing in your direction Uncle Sam style, perhaps a photo will help.}
6) Before you even ask let me make this easy, "Yes, I want to go to the Smilebooth with you."
8) I may be prone to sitting Indian style (is that offensive these days? political correctness is not my forte, hmmm, maybe I'll have to add that as #11) anywhere at anytime. Ok, not lady-like, but maybe I'm not so much (ok, maybe that is #12).
9) I'm not a night owl. This means that I will still attempt to do the late night thing, but I will get really slap happy which appears on the surface as if I am drunk. I won't be...probably...but consider yourself warned. Silliness will ensue. {Copious amounts of coffee may keep this at bay or make it worse.}
10) I'm an introvert so I will at some point disappear for a bit. Don't worry about me. I'm just recharging.
Bonus: I will do something to embarrass myself at some point. Just nod, smile and help me up if I've fallen down. Cuz, did I mention I'm a bit clumsy...yeah, that. Also, according to the two pictures in this post I always have my eyes wide open like someone just scared the daylights out of me. I'll try to tone that down.
In all seriousness, really and truly I wish I could meet all of you and hear your stories face to face because I know there is just so much that God wants to do and use us for. Isn't that the stuff of life and why we are all headed to Allume? Because we wanna see how God is going to take a few crazy bloggers and do a big work to make His name known. Sounds like a good time to me.
I'm counting down the days till Allume!
What should I know about you? Give it to me straight. I can take it.
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