What is this thing called a WordPress dashboard that I just logged into? Luckily my password was saved in Firefox or I may have not remembered what the password was. Hello everybody again. It has been a while since my last blog post and that was a decision that I made several weeks ago. I was beginning to spread myself too thin between a million different projects that I had going on, plus my personal life was very busy as well. I just got back from a nice trip back north and have some good things to talk about.
First, I had decided to go to the 140 Conference in New York, so since I was going up there I may as well make a trip out of it and visit family. I flew into Allentown on Saturday and spent 2 days in PA with my family before taking the bus up to NYC for a few days. NYC was awesome! I have been there before, but only stayed over night there one time. This was Amanda’s second time in NYC and first time staying over night, so she was beyond excited. I think the million photos and over 20 minutes of Flip cam video we have proves that. I just finished editing the video last night to make a 15 minute movie, so I will cut down some of that into clips and post online soon.
I went to NYC with only 3 testing strips, more on that in tomorrow’s post. On Wednesday, we took a bus back home and it was more time with the family until this past Saturday when we had to fly back home. Anytime I go up north and see family, it really puts things into a totally different perspective for me. Down here in Florida I am constantly on the go, whether it is writing 5 blog posts right after each other, then jumping into Photoshop, then heading to Starbucks for a meeting, then desiging a new web page and before you know it, it’s 2:00 a.m. Up there, everything slows down. I only check mail a few times throughout the day on my phone, if it’s not an emergency, then it can wait. Seeing my 5-month old niece for only the 2nd time since she was born is a bittersweet moment as well. It’s great to see her, but also realize how much you miss by living down here.
Then comes the diabetes part. Every family member that I visit is asking me about my diabetes and sometimes I wish I just had a recorder to give the same answer to everybody. But all in all, it is good to be back, mainly because I don’t receive paychecks up north, ha. And I’m back to getting up at 7 and starting my new diet (going to beach in July with parents and brother’s family, so I can’t weigh more than my brother!).
Have a great Monday everybody and I look forward to talking with you all on Twitter again.
Sounds like you had a great time. And yeah, it is nutso how fast life moves isn’t it!
Welcome back! We were in NYC last week too! Maybe we passed each other and didn’t even realize it!
Where in New York were you at? I was staying on 52nd street and 7th ave. I was there for a conference, but made a little vacation out of it as well.