I’m sitting here on my third day at The Blissdom Conference.  It is being held in Nashville, TN at The Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center.  I’m overwhelmed with friendship and information. It’s like a girl’s weekend with 500 of your best friends.  Everyone “gets” you and they know what you are talking about. I will write out more as the week goes on. But, you’ve got to see this hotel, it’s amazing.  It is like an entire city is just right here.  I’m going to share some photos with you. And you can only imagine the blisters I have right now, from walking, and walking….

If you are paying attention to the news, you might have heard that we are having some “weather issues” here in Southern California. You may be in your own house, because you are snowed in, or the roads are closed. But here, we have some rain.  It’s like a National Crisis here in Orange County.  We are on “storm watch”.  It’s pretty funny, because I have friends who laugh at me when I tell them about this.

But really, we aren’t prepared for this much water. I keep seeing flash floods, mini tornadoes, property damage, and messes all over the news.  We’ve been pretty lucky though.  Our house sits up pretty high, our driveway is properly sloped, and our backyard is draining. Angry Kid loves it.  He likes splashing around in the puddles and running around in the rain.  He actually took my umbrella away from me the other night. Not nice, but pretty funny.  He’s excited to wear his Batman rain boots every day. Seeing Angry Kid in his rain boots had me thinking. How come I don’t have rain boots? Why not? I need them, right? I mean, I usually wear my Converse, and they are getting soaked.

So in typical “Julie-Style”, I ordered some rain boots.  Now, if you know me, I get a little creative with my wardrobe.  I have often been told, “only YOU could get away with something like that.” Yea, well…someone’s gotta do it, right?

So I ordered these on Tuesday night, and got them early Wednesday morning.  I’m a total impulse buyer and I love that Endless does overnight shipping. I can only imagine how many people were at the mall this week looking for rain gear. While, I sat on my butt, and clicked “order”.

You are jealous, aren’t you? Everyone loves Hello Kitty. I think they are quite fabulous.  I may have even wore them to work last night. I took a picture of my foot yesterday while wearing my new awesome boots and my work pants.  I sent the picture via text to a few friends.  I got back some funny comments, but mostly, “love the boots”.

I may not always go with wardrobe choices that are very trendy, but for some reason, they work for me.  I’m going to Blissdom at the beginning of February. I’m pretty excited for this conference.  I will get to meet tons of my bloggy friends.  I am already thinking about what wardrobe items, I will be bring with me.  I will have to do a post about “my clothing” styles and choices.  I’m pretty random.What works for me, might not always work for everyone else. I don’t do it on purpose. It’s just my style.

Oh yea, this is a photo from BlogHer 09′.  YES, it was for a theme party. But you can understand “Julie Style” by this picture.  I had to represent the “Angry Julie” with the shirt. This is not typical “conference wear.”

This week I will be attending the BlogHer Conference in Chicago. This will be my first time attending the conference. Yes folks, I’m a BlogHer Virgin. I wanted to go last year when it was in San Francisco, and in my home state, California. I felt that my blogging was not good enough, and that I couldn’t compete with the “good bloggers“. Well this year, I paid for my ticket in February, because I knew it would sell out quickly, as it did.

I have no idea what to expect, as I’m quite overwhelmed. I know that many people are overwhelmed and not sure on what to expect. I’ve been reading posts about BlogHer on blogs for at least two weeks now. I’ve seen what parties people are going to, what they are wearing, what sessions they are attending, or what touristy places they are going to visit. I love seeing everyone’s comments and posts on Twitter. There was even a hashtag started today that said, #amgoingtoblogher.

I’m really not that nervous or meeting or interacting with people at the Conference. I work in the public sector aka law enforcement, so I talk with people first hand forty plus hours a week. I can start conversations very easy, almost too easy. I tend to talk a lot, and really fast. So please do not think I’m a freak if you meet me, it’s the ADHD talking, not Julie being obnoxious. If you judge me by my blog title, you might think I’m Angry, but really, I’m not that Angry. I have an opinion on anything and everything, just start a conversation and I will give you it. I read a lot and I’m online a lot, so I have a wealth of random information in my head. Seriously, it’s scary!

I can really thank my college sorority, Alpha Omicron Pi, for my excellent conversation skills. It’s all those summer workshops that we spent hours in, practicing for Fall Formal Rush. I’m sure all the sorority girls will know exactly what I’m talking about. I can have a conversation with almost anybody, without even asking “what’s your major, or what high school did you go too”. I like to start with “What your blog name, and what’s your genre?” I like to categorize people, it makes me remember them better.

I’ve been trying to work on an outline or a schedule all day today. I like to be organized. It makes things easier for me. I tend to over program myself and then I get overwhelmed. I showed Angry Husband my quasi schedule. The days were filled from six am to midnight. He just shrugged his shoulders and said, “well this is a once a year event, you really want to get the most out of it that you can.” Oh my, did Angry Husband really agree with me? Say it ain’t so. I spent a good twenty minutes with my BlogHer roommate, Shannon, on the phone earlier. We discussed our RSVP’s and schedules. We pretty much agreed to go to all the same events. Yay, I will have a partner in crime…did I say crime, oops this may be a little bit out of my jurisdiction.

Now, the wardrobe. Everyone is really freaking out about what to wear. Angry Julie wears a uniform four days a week. This will be a nice change for me, to wear normal clothes, that are not navy blue. I have a ton of clothing, and most of it is brand new with tags. Although I doubted my own wardrobe and headed out to the stores today. I’m actually thankful that I did. I found the perfect “little black dress” at TJ Maxx for only $39.99. I also tried on a dress new tags with tags from Ann Taylor Loft courtesy of “The huge closet of Angry Julie aka Wasteland of Never Worn Clothes”. I think I have a pretty hip wardrobe and will be sporting it daily in blogger land aka Chi-Town.

I can’t wait to meet everyone and experience BlogHer. I hope you forgive me if I don’t remember your name. I may appear to be rude, but really it’s my un-medicated ADHD.

Oh, and you probably want to actually see those dresses I mentioned above, don’t you…well guess what..I’m going to show you anyway!

P.S. I was one of the 20 winners of The Johnson and Johnson BlogHer Scholarships!!! Thanks to Splenda, I’m receiving $1200 to pay my way! I’m pretty excited~

Angry Husband picked up Angry Toddler at preschool on Monday. He saw a note to sign up for Parent-Teacher conferences. I got the “hey, you need to sign up for a time frame” comment Tuesday morning.

I had the meeting this morning at 9:30. Angry Toddler is doing well. Six months ago, the kid was running around, biting kids, not listening, and basically just being a little turd.

Today, he was “our brightest kid in the class, he has excellent fine motor skills, he knows all his numbers, and letters”. I’m soo proud of him.

Plus, as of November 1st. He’s OFFICIALLY potty trained.

His teacher recommended that we work with Angry Toddler more at home. Apparently the kid is trying to himself to read and write. I didn’t know that they did that at 3. So of course, I went to the teacher supply store and spent $35 on workbooks and shit. Like a good mom!

Oh, and the damn teacher, also told me that tomorrow is her last day. Can I get a heck ya. She totally annoyed Angry Husband and I. Plus, the woman didn’t even know what ADHD was when I met with her today. Bye, bye, bye!