I waited 5hrs to meet one of my favorite bloggers. On October 28 I stood in line and waited…and waited…and waited some more. I met some other great bloggers and talked to them while I waited. We talked about our blogs, recipes we had tried from the PW Cooks blog, and what blog formats we use. It was a fab time getting to chat with some fellow bloggers. I had a delightful conversation with the Pioneer Woman about my bra. It was the very first time I’d worn an actual bra in months & months. In my world bras are reserved for special occasions, like meeting PW. Oh yes, leave it up to me to talk bras. Granted, it was the first time I had been out of the house in 6 weeks!!
After it was all said & done, this was the middle of the line. Crazy I waited as long as I did just to get PW’s autograph. It was fantastic. Although, I’m not quite sure I’d do it again….ahhh who am I kidding. I’d do it all over again. 5 hour wait & all.
The Punks came out and the women I was around asked them if they’d sign their cookbooks. The girls were super sweet and talkative and answered all the questions we bombarded them with. It was great getting to see them and interact with them too.
Turns out our group started something. These ladies saw the Punks signing our books and asked them if they’d sign theirs too. The girls signed a few more books and then were rescued by their family. After that signing, they never came back over to the long line that everyone was waiting in. Poor Punks.
Oh My! Look who it is, Marlboro Man! The rest of the Punks were following in line. They were on their way to get more cookbooks, since the Bookstore sold out. Good thing too, cause I needed to buy another one to have signed. I wound up getting one for Roomie just cause she couldn’t be there.
All the women in the crowd were whooping and hollering and I had no idea what was going on until this man walked by. Marlboro Man came by helping the boys push the dolly full of books. I’m starting to wonder if he realized exactly what he was doing or just wasn’t thinking about what he was doing. Who knows, but at least I have the evidence to prove he was in the perfect photo op position!
Look who decided to join in the fun. We tracked good ole’ MM down to sign a few books. Any guesses what I asked him to sign? I’ll just tell you…his butt. Oh yes, it was a riot. I thoroughly enjoy asking him to sign the last page of the cookbook. Tee hee. We were really helping PW when we asked the boys to sign the cookbooks. We were helping as in, helping the boys keep up with their penmanship lessons. Yes, that was our objective….penmanship.
The light at the end of the tunnel. I thought I was moments away from meeting PW. Moments which quickly turned into being over a hour and a half! It was worth the wait in the long run. I’m glad I went and met the blogging legend.
People played on their iPhones, ate, played games. They did all sorts of things to pass the time just so they could see PW. Never thought everyone would be so calm just waiting on one woman. I enjoyed waiting and talking to those around me. I even killed my iPod Touch playing games, checking email, tweeting, facebooking, and of course playing Words With Friends. I am completely in love with that game.
Conversing. We did this back & forth awhile. You know, the normal things like the fact my first time wearing a bra in months & months, getting out of the house and even the trouble I had driving to the city. I never got lost, but I quickly found out I could not back my car up to save my life. I relied heavily on my mirrors, probably more heavily than I should have. Signing away. I had put sticky notes in the books of both my name & Roomie’s name in them. It was simple after that. PW went on “auto pilot” for a minute, realized this and then changed her mind and wrote something sweet for both Roome & me. She’s amazing. I love what she wrote in both of our books, it’ll be something I cherish for a long time to come. We did get into deep discussion about my bra. It was one of those conversations that goes on forever and just doesn’t end. Ha! I really enjoyed talking with Ree, but not just about my bra. She did finally go off “auto pilot” and sign something very very sweet for the Roomie. Although, Roomie hasn’t said anything about her new cookbook, I’m sure she loooooves it.