Tammi's World

Morning Has Broken.....

So are you singing with me? Come on, it's a beauitful morning!!!

Holy Shit! I'm sitting here, off to the side, looking around at some of my favorite writers - and yes, blogging CAN be writing if it's done right - on a Saturday morning in Washington DC. And I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking.....what the HELL am *I* doing here?!?!? (And when I say that I mean, everyone is probably wondering why I'm here!)

Before I go too far into things, I'm going to tell you I probably won't post many pictures. Simply out of respect for people's privacy. BUT, I'm sitting here, plugged in and planning to live blog as much as I can.

ANYway......the flight to DC was fantastic. Right on time and smooth as silk. Grabbed a cab and made it to the hotel. I had planned on taking a mini power nap, but that didn't work out so well.

Army Wife popped up to my room and rounded me up for the pre-cocktail party down town. Wow. First person I spotted when I got there was my friend Blackfive. Of course. How could you miss him, he's usually the life of any party.

I'm meeting lots of folks, so many that the names and faces are starting to blend. I thought I spotted Sarah from Trying To Grok in the lobby. I was right. Damn, she is just the sweetest thing.

Teresa is here, always a pleasure to see her. The Donovans', and so many names, I've started a list. The best part is getting to meet and THANK so many of the MilSpouses. I've been reading them for so long and to just give them a hug and thank them........makes it worth the trip.

As we were kicking off the official cocktail party, I'm standing by the table checking out what name tags are left, secretly checking to see if Sgt Hook or Lex had made it.

I look to my left and there is a very dashing man, military bearing, shit eattin' grin. As I try to focus on the name tag he introduces himself with a handshake. OMG!! It's Hook!!!! Like he's gonna get away with a handshake with me....for cryin' out loud. He is everything he is on the blog and then some. Damn, I hope I didn't scare him off. I can be kinda "intense".

A while into the evening A very distinguished looking gentleman walks by and stops. Looks at my name tag and starts to grin. He sticks his hand out and say's Tammi? I'm Lex?

NFW!?!?!?! How the hell did you know it's me?

Tammi? You have a name tag and are really kinda tall. It's rather obvious.

Damn.....it was a great evening.

Ok - I'll have to tell more stories. We're getting ready to start.

I'll update links as soon as I can!!

Posted by Tammi at May 5, 2007 07:12 AM | TrackBack