I Never Get Invited to the Good Parties (By That I Mean the Parties Where the Beautiful People are Talking to Me in Front of Large Crowds

I always seem to miss it - the great shout of yesteryear with Nic Stone and the one that happened yesterday at the ELATE lunch with Mahogany Brown. My phone was blowing up with friends saying, "You just got the greatest shout-out ever on stage." 

I should of guessed...Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz. She was interviewing author Brown on stage and apparently there was a love fest that followed where my name was spit into the air. 

I later clarified with Yolie when I ran into in the hallway and finally got to meet Mahogany Brown in person. These conferences can be quite a lot and yesterday was a celebration of more NWP work, a celebration of Chris Goering's new book cheering on joy in secondary English classrooms, and then there was the Derrick Brown, Phoebe Yeh, Matt de la Peña love fest in the exhibit hall after Susan James and I had lunch.

This morning is a little rough (as is the day) while I try to find my life in a series of different sessions. I go all day long and I don't have much time to think/rethink between presentations so I have to figure out a game plan before I leave my hotel room. 

Always a great time. Always overstimulating. Always promising. And Always ready for it all to end. I think I'm growing more and more comfortable with my reclusive side. I'm ready to hide.