In 12 days the Great SoCal MeetUp will be an actuality!
My gosh, can any of you believe it? It is pretty hard to grab ahold of the idea that it is really happening.
This is double barreled excitement for me and Diane.
Diane and I are worse than teenagers right now. We are so excited about our actual face to face meeting in EIGHT days! I am going a few days prior to the VB and BMT meetup so Diane and I can share some time together. The anticipation is getting pretty hard to bear. This will be very close to our actual online meeting one year anniversary for Diane and I. Holy Cow!! As we have been talking and plotting and planing over the past months, it is almost too much to believe that it really is coming fast to fruition. It has been always “in the future”, and “when” and “how” and now it is smack dab upon us.
I think (hope) that she is pretty well through her “getting everything perfectly arranged and beautified” stage and able to just let the next 8 days roll by with more rest and less concern about “impressions.” I am in the packing the suitcases stage, going through my check list of things I want to take, things we have talked about me bringing, and things I need to take. As always, I am sure I will pack too much.
If you could have been privy to some of our phone conversations over the past weeks, I am sure you would be laughing your heads off. We have discussed our wardrobes endlessly. . .(you mean there is something besides jeans and t-shirts?). . .we have queired about make up (we don’t normally wear), hair cuts and to color or not color betraying strands of gray, and gone back and forth about when we are actually going to Del Mar and how we will get there and back.
As high as our anticipation of finally meeting each other is, add to that the awesomeness of actually meeting some of our favorite blogging friends in person and you can see this is almost TOO MUCH wild anticipation. It will no doubt be FABULOUS beyond anything we have already imagined and discussed, and we may have to meditate and “transify” ourselves into a state of calmness.
So you can picture a 5 year old Shirl jumping up and down, laughing and giggling, too excited to contain herself!
Can’t wait to see all of you who are able to join with us!!! And remember, everyone is welcome and it is not too late to decide to join us if you can.
Hugs,
from a very excited Shirlstars
Of course this is a perfectly frivilous diary, but I just don’t know what else to do with all this anticipation and excitement. So, thanks for the leeway.
There will absolutely be “Blogging from the MeetUp” and plenty of pictures to share. Wish everyone of you could be there, but we will be laughing, talking and thinking about all of you.
so, what’s on the itinerary, and who is responsible for taking the pictures? It’s fun just thinking of you and Diane meeting face to face š
I have a hunch that there will be at least one camera per person. . I know Diane and I are both armed and ready. I am also taking video. . .so watch out! There maybe some x-rated stuff to edit out. . .hehehe.
As best we know, There will be a Friday evening Happy Hour at the Hotel across the street from Alohaleezy’s complex. Then Saturday in the early part of the day, folks who want to sight see or visit places of interest in the area are free to enjoy themselves at whatever they wish. Some of us less inclined to the site seeing will be hanging out together, walking on the beach, and talking each others ears off.
There is a Bar-B-Q planned for Saturday evening and lasting on into the wee hours of party, get acquainted, and whatever collective trouble we can all get into time.
We all agreed that we didn’t want a lot of structure, but were most interested in having time to spend with each other, yet allowing those with other interests in the local area to wander off and enjoy themselves.
I am thinking a Saturday Morning Coffe/Brunch would be a fun starting point for that day. . .but we will see if others are inclined or more interested in taking care of their possible hangovers. LOL
Whatever we do, I am sure it will be the best of a very best of times. Wish you were able to come Boo. . .next time, we’ll see if we can’t start a travel fund for the Booman for the next one.
. . .political talk, of course, and we have some Action agenda work we want to form. . .besides all the just fun chit-chat.
with laptop and camera!
I am sooooo looking forward to seeing everyone — I think Leezy was going to do a “roll call” diary early next week; I want to find out who all is going to be there… š
I am excited that’s for sure, the time is going by fast now…I was just thinking maybe someone should set up a yahoo or kodak photo site or something like that so we can just upload pics instead of having to host them, we will probably have tons as many will bring camera’s no doubt. Maybe I’ll check on that tomorrow.
It’s only 9 days till I meet Shirl.
This is so wonderful shirl, diane, cali, aloha — I hope you all have a blast!
I’ve listened to one of your podcasts (thanks to Family Man for pointing it out) over at Village Blue, and you guys had me laughing along with you!
Looking forward to your diaries!