Especially when their mama has been in NYC getting her Sparklecorn on working for four whole nights and five long days.
It wasn’t all unicorns and glitter bombs though.
I actually did get a bunch of work done. I got a few meetings in. And I met a whole mess of amazing bloggers (yep, a new BList is coming out soon featuring them so all of you can meet them too!).
And, to make the entire thing even more mindblowingly awesome, I also WON. A. TRIP!
I still can’t even believe it, because who does that stuff even happen to? I’m never that girl. I don’t win giveaways. Not online. Not in person. Not at all.
Heck, my ticket is never even picked for the 50/50 raffle a swimming where the prize as generally a whopping $48.
But yet, there I was, on a Saturday night in NYC. After a particularly long walk (note to self: make sure, when using the iPhone map app, that you press the button shaped like a walking dude and completely ignore the directions for cars. Somehow, when you do this, 9 totally-doable-in-these-shoes-minutes quickly turn into 28 I’m-going-to-chop-my-feet-off minutes) in the NYC humidity, I found myself sitting on a park bench shooting the breeze with a super mom and daughter from North Carolina, seriously contemplating blowing off the event I was scheduled to be at with Southwest Airlines.
I was tired. I was mad (at myself for being a lame-o map reader). I was beyond hot and sweaty. I smelled like an urban muskrat. I was hungry, moody, and in desperate need of an ice cold drink.
Plus there was a breeze.
And man where those NC-ers nice.
I came thiiiiiis close to saying eff it just putting on my flip flops and heading back to the hotel for the night.
But, I didn’t.
I decided that this is what I’d come for: to connect with other bloggers. To enjoy NYC. To work with brands (Southwest being top of my list).
So, I blotted pretty much every scrap of make up I was wearing off on a dirty purse tissue, buckled up my killer (literally, they kill me) sandals, and put on my work-it-girl smile to head into the party.
And then. I could not stop sweating.
It was an outdoor thing. And someone brought me a drink. And I was worrying about how sweaty I looked to everyone else which was making me sweat even more.
So, I did what any other self respecting chick with pit stains and BO would do: I decided to call it a night.
And, right at the point that my mind committed to the idea that I really just couldn’t be there for one more minute, I stood to go and heard people screaming my name. For a split second I thought that I had somehow gotten my skirt tucked up in my panties. And then I realized that these weren’t horrified-hurry-up-and-cover-your-junk type screams these were excited-OMG!-OMG!-OMG! type screams.
Because, while I was not even listening to the goings on of the raffle because my brain was being totally consumed by my perspiring body and aching feet, my business card had messed around and won me 2 round trip tickets (to anywhere really) and a stay in the fabulous White Elephant Hotel in Nantucket!
Get. Out.
I’m going to the Bahamas?!
Okay, I’m NOT going to the Bahamas since, as it turns out, Nantucket isn’t in the Bahamas like my faulty geography education led me to believe; it’s in Massachusetts. By Cape Cod. And Martha’s Vineyard.
Totally knew that. Totally.
Guess The Dudes are gonna have to miss me again when I head out to the island to enjoy my winnings.
Congrats, girl! (I tried to tell you that Southwest flies to the ATL…just saying!)
Oh thats so exciting!! Congratulations!
I can’t wait to read about your FREE trip! I’ve been dreaming of Nantucket since my obsession with the show Wings in the early 90s. :-) Any tips for training a business card to get picked more often?
Congratulations! Enjoy some relaxation, you earned it!
That is so cool! You know, if Dumb Dad doesn’t really want to go to Nantucket, I’ll go with you. ;-)
I won 2 tickets to anywhere from Southwest once (right after dude #1 was born) and wasn’t going anywhere anytime soon and sold them on ebay for $1000! Just saying… it’s an option! I would so totally take a trip now!!! Congrats!!!
That’s awesome! Congratulations!
Oooh, congratulations! Funny how things work out, huh? When you reflect on all you’d gone through to get there and something nudged you to just make it happen? Enjoy it.
I did the same when I got off the bus. I forgot for a minute that I wasn’t in DC where our addresses correspond with cross streets. For instance, 1625 6th Avenue would have an intersection of 16th street and 6th. In NY? Um, NO. I got off the bus and figured I wasn’t paying someone to sit again in that traffic so I started walking. It wound up being 33rd to 54th.
Woo hoo! That is so exciting. I would love to go to Nantucket.
Congrats!! Saw you posted on instagram. So exciting. You will love Cape Cod. When will you go?! Fall is so pretty in New England. I never win anything either but ended up winning a $250.00 gift card at Retailmenot, Naughty Monkey shoes, and a pair of underwear (strange yes!).
Congratulations.
That is awesome! I never win anything either. Hope you have a great time in Mass!
The look on your face was awesome, you crazy girl.
unbelievable!!!! you totally deserve this!!!! wish i could have been there to witness the look on your face and your sweating. :-)
Sounds like a great time for bloggers. Enjoy your prize!
You are hilarious! Can’t wait for your Nantucket post.