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Monday, April 27, 2009

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A bunch of you have asked if I'm going to BlogHer Chicago this year. The short answer is unfortunately no.

I really wanted to be able to attend. In fact I even voted for Chicago in the BlogHer location poll shortly after BlogHer San Francisco last year. I had a great time last year and I had a great time the year before when it was also in Chicago. Plus I'm from the suburbs of Chicago so it's nice to be able to go back and visit.

This winter, though was hectic. The Big Giraffe and I had a lot going on and when it came time to buy the early BlogHer ticket, I just had no idea what our summer plans were going to be. Looking back, I should have just gone ahead an bought a ticket.

A few weeks ago, I decided that I really did want to attend it again, so I went to purchase my tickets. I guess I should say I wasn't that surprised to see that it had already sold out because I knew it sold out last year. What did surprise me was that it was only April. Anyhow, I signed up to be on the waitlist. I was hopeful because I've always had good luck with waitlists. I emailed the woman in charge to ask where I was the waitlist. Oh yeah number 417, baby. Guess who's not going to BlogHer? That's why I wished I had just bought the tickets. If something had come up and I wouldn't have been able to attend, I now know there are at least 416 people who would have bought my ticket! Next year I'm just going to go ahead and buy it.

Last Saturday as I was excited to receive a letter in the mall saying that my son had been waitlisted for full day kindergarten. Awesome! Apparently they had just opened another section. I should also mention that there is a separate lottery for boys and girls so that there are the same number of boys and girls in each class. People who got acceptance letters had until today to let the school know if they wanted the spot. I just called to find out where my son is on the waitlist. He's number 6. Guess who's going to half day kindergarten next year? It's pretty unlikely that five other boys will turn down their spots particularly when we're talking just one class. However, better to be number 6 than number 417, right? Plus, I've always had good luck with waitlists....

A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: If you think there's a possibility that you might attend BlogHer buy your ticket early.

posted by Alex Elliot @ 12:10 PM 4 comments

4 Comments:

At 4/27/2009 8:07 PM, Heather said…

I would have liked to go but I just can't justify spending that much money on what is really a hobby. If I won the lottery I'd go though. For sure. Of course I'd need to play the lottery to win. So.
At 4/28/2009 8:19 PM, jodifur said…

I'd watch twitter. People are selling their ticket all the time.

We are about to put our house on the market so if for some reason I can't go b/c of that you are the 1st person I will offer mine too.

I so want to meet you!
At 5/03/2009 8:16 PM, selfmademom said…

bummer! I'm going for a day this year and I would have loved to meet you. I was lucky and bought it the day before they sold out. it was all those reminders.
At 5/03/2009 11:23 PM, Suzanne said…

People sell their tickets on twitter? Interesting. This is especially bumming me out since I nominated one of your posts for the community reading, but you can only win if you get off the waitlist. Bah.

Selfmademom, I hope that I can meet you there.

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