PHEW!

I feel as though I am on a merry-go-round that keeps spinning faster and faster. You know how after the holidays, you are a little relieved that things will get back to normal? Well, there is no normal for me any more it seems.

Since the 1st of January, I have returned from PHX, roundtrip to San Diego, to Las Vegas, Fort Collins and back. For those of you who don't know, I agreed to work with Event Solutions again late last year. While it was really great to see so many of those folks again, working that show was absolutely exhausting. I am still unsure how I did it, except that adreniline kicked in high gear. My feet were scabbed, blistered and swollen when we were done. We were a week in Vampire Vegas and I never saw the sun (well, maybe 3 minutes a day) and sleeping was totally optional. I am waaaaaaay too old to be living like this. BTW - do you realize that perfectly healthy people rent scooters in Vegas now?! No wonder we are the fattest country on the planet...we are too lazy to WALK to sit at a slot machine.

After Vegas, I took a swing over to balmy Fort Collins (it was 50! everyone was so excited to tell me?!). I had a GREAT time with Piper and Quinn. I cried when I said goodbye to Piper, we had so much fun together..maybe me more than she, as Piper observed "TT isn't good at singing". I'd like to note that my voice was basically GONE from the tradeshow. She also noted that I am not very good at reading in Spanish....so....maybe she was ready for me to head home. I had fun anyway. Quinn is such a big girl already...she took a couple of steps while I was there...it was SO close. I think she likes crawling, and secretly knows that once she is walking, she will be carried less. Quinn is an angel. When I tucked her in one night, she went right to bed.

Since I last updated, we have also had some visitors: Jeff's parent's joined us in early February. We had a great time with them and really enjoyed their company, it is so unusual for us to get to spend time with just them and it was a real pleasure. Also - Mia and Brooks will be here a week from today - you can JUST imagine how much we are looking forward to their visit!

Some other news - I decided, finally, to get serious about my travel writing. I recognize that this is a journey, not a destination, so I am taking baby steps. My first step was to begin a writing class, which I am just getting into now. I am also the "official" "Honolulu Events" Examiner on Examiner.com (check out the badge with link on sidebar). I get paid (very little) for that gig, based on the number of visitors to the site, so please, feel free to visit often. I'm finding that the writing, the brainstorming and even the selling doesn't feel like work, so I guess that's what they mean when they say "do what you love and it will never be work". It is a revelation.

Also, you can all stop asking me about children, at least for now. Meredith posted a typical day's schedule on HER blog and well, suffice to say it sent me running to the drug store. I am not saying never, but I am saying that posting was well over 3 weeks ago, and I am still getting over the shock.

You'll also feel as though I am getting my "just desserts" by knowing that the weather here has been AWEFUL. Cold, windy and cloudy. Ick. I am feel like my friends in the PNW, who are pasty ready for sun...that's me.

That's all I have for now...I was feeling guilty for ignoring both my remaining readers on this blog. So, that's all there is for now.