My lives intersected

I lead a double life.

I have my real life and I have my online life — the two rarely intersect. Many of my IRL (in real life) friends know I enjoy the computer, some know I have a blog and some of them even read it. (Thank you IRL friends who read my blog!) But many of my IRL friends have no idea that I’ve got this whole other thing going on.

Then internet is like a different universe and I find myself sandwiched between a generation who knows it exists but barely scratches the surface of it and another generation that is so completely internet-immersed they practically are the internet.
So here I sit. Depending on who I’m with, I’m either met with weird looks and baffled questions or so much technological speak even I get lost. It can be a rather strange place to be.

But this weekend, I’m going to experience a whole different thing altogether. I’m about to enter a world with 500 avid blogging and internet-type women moonlighting as regular wives and moms IRL. Or is it the other way around?!?

I am ecstatic to be able to attend Blissdom ‘10, a blogging conference for women just like me. NOT ONLY THAT, I am flying on a plane, BY MYSELF, to AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT STATE. As in, I am taking a trip that only requires one single, carry-on suitcase and a laptop. WHAT am I going to do with myself?!?

(Did I mention I’m going by myself? Just checking because that is huge.)

Anyway, I am looking forward to meeting — IRL — many friends I have only met online. There will be workshops and speakers and interesting discussions about things like coding, personal branding, monetizing, SEO and all sorts of wonderful things. I cannot WAIT.

Be still my geeky heart.

And also? And perhaps the best part of it all? Unbeknownst to many, there is a whole contingent of Christ-following, blogging women who are working hard to represent the Master masterfully via their blogs, so that people who might never step foot in a church, might still have the opportunity to encounter Christ online. I will be meeting and praying with these women over the course of the weekend. Can this GET any cooler?

Not if you’re me!

So here I sit, in the airport, having just waved goodbye to my 2yo and 3yo. (I would’ve cried but I didn’t want to make my 3yo any sadder than he was.)

And hey, guess what? My plane just pulled up.

Someone pinch me, I think this is really gonna happen.

P.S. Because I know you have absolutely nothing better to do through the weekend (ha!), you can follow all my excitement on Twitter.

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1. Blissdom in the Raw
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