Earlier this month Arkansas Women Bloggers converged at Ferncliff Camp in Little Rock for AWBU 2013 Conference. I was preregistered and totally excited to be going, after all, the keynote speaker was Sophie Hudson, alias Boo Mama, author of A Little Salty to Cut the Sweet.
But, darn it, things don't always go as planned. Just before the big day I got a strange ailment that caused my right foot to swell up and feel like it was broken. But x-rays didn't show any broken bones, so the doctor decided to treat me for the good old-fashioned gout. My ailing foot continued to be too tender to drive the three hours to the conference, and quite frankly I was a little embarrassed to go anyway sporting such an unattractive limp. I put my puffy foot up on the ottoman and poutingly stayed home, missing out on all the fun.
But, darn it, things don't always go as planned. Just before the big day I got a strange ailment that caused my right foot to swell up and feel like it was broken. But x-rays didn't show any broken bones, so the doctor decided to treat me for the good old-fashioned gout. My ailing foot continued to be too tender to drive the three hours to the conference, and quite frankly I was a little embarrassed to go anyway sporting such an unattractive limp. I put my puffy foot up on the ottoman and poutingly stayed home, missing out on all the fun.
There's one thing I didn't miss out on though, thanks to some special friends - my conference T-shirt. A dear blogging friend, Amanda Jane Brown, went above and beyond to be sure I got my T-shirt. I've only met Amanda one time, last year at a band concert in Little Rock, but I have known her through the blogging world for the past two years. Amanda previously lived in Little Rock, but now is a Mississippi blogger. She was attending the AWBU conference, and I emailed her to see if she might be able to snag my T-shirt while she was there. I wasn't sure exactly how I would get it from her, but I knew that we had some common acquaintances. Amanda not only grabbed my shirt for me, she then delivered it to a mutual friend, Joely, in Little Rock before she left town, who passed it on to my daughter to hang on to for me. Long story, but last weekend I was able to pick up my AWBU 2013 T-shirt thanks to Amanda!
I know it was a busy weekend for Amanda, but she was willing to go the extra mile, and it helped to ease my disappointment of not being able to attend the conference that I had looked forward to for months. The T-shirt was passed from Amanda to Joely to Angela to me, but I also feel that a special bloggy friendship was passed along with it. My gimpy foot has improved considerably, and I think you could even say that I'm "back in the saddle" and looking forward to next year's conference.
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But, darn it, things don't always go as planned. Just before the big day I got a strange ailment that caused my right foot to swell up and feel like it was broken. But x-rays didn't show any broken bones, so the doctor decided to treat me for the good old-fashioned gout. My ailing foot continued to be too tender to drive the three hours to the conference, and quite frankly I was a little embarrassed to go anyway sporting such an unattractive limp. I put my puffy foot up on the ottoman and poutingly stayed home, missing out on all the fun.
There's one thing I didn't miss out on though, thanks to some special friends - my conference T-shirt. A dear blogging friend, Amanda Jane Brown, went above and beyond to be sure I got my T-shirt. I've only met Amanda one time, last year at a band concert in Little Rock, but I have known her through the blogging world for the past two years. Amanda previously lived in Little Rock, but now is a Mississippi blogger. She was attending the AWBU conference, and I emailed her to see if she might be able to snag my T-shirt while she was there. I wasn't sure exactly how I would get it from her, but I knew that we had some common acquaintances. Amanda not only grabbed my shirt for me, she then delivered it to a mutual friend, Joely, in Little Rock before she left town, who passed it on to my daughter to hang on to for me. Long story, but last weekend I was able to pick up my AWBU 2013 T-shirt thanks to Amanda!
I know it was a busy weekend for Amanda, but she was willing to go the extra mile, and it helped to ease my disappointment of not being able to attend the conference that I had looked forward to for months. The T-shirt was passed from Amanda to Joely to Angela to me, but I also feel that a special bloggy friendship was passed along with it. My gimpy foot has improved considerably, and I think you could even say that I'm "back in the saddle" and looking forward to next year's conference.
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