This is a Good Start

Day One: Pretending I'm 21 and on Spring Break!



The photo above is of Day 1 of our trip to Ft. Lauderdale for the Empowerment 2008 conference. This was on Sunday. It was not a work day. Unless getting drunk by the pool is considered "work". And, we all know that it isn't.

Notice my Koozie. It is from my friend's Liquor Store here in Greater Ada. It is called, "Al's Wine & Spirits". I drank out of the Koozie all week and made sure to take many photos of it.

At this venue (Sloppy Joe's), I had two beers, some food, and a $7 shot of Patron.

Then, we went to the St. Regis Philbin pool. I share this photo with you, only because this is the first time I have sported a bikini since before I was pregnant with the BLM who is now 5.5. I must also share that I feel better about myself (physically) than I have in years. Mentally, I feel worse than I have felt since the terrible dark days of PPD after birthing LLM.

Here is the St. Regis Philbin. I made a comment to my travel partners that we were staying at the St. Regis Philbin. One of them asked me (in all seriousness) if it was named after Regis Philbin. Yeah. It sure is.

Day 1 ended with a booze nap from 4pm-7pm and the most miserable meal of my life. It was so loud and I was in pain from being awake since 2am the morning we left OK for FL.

This is all for now. I must get ready for my acupuncture appointment. I promise I will be back to share more about my trip. It wasn't all FUN, there was WORK, but it was FUN TOO because I had a microphone and a stage. I have already told all of you how I feel about having a microphone and a stage. It just does it for me.

By the by, if you have the need for a keynote speaker or a stand up comedian- holla at your girl. I'll be back, friends!

Here is me, on Day 1 of the conference. This is me dressed up for my presentation. I busted out this shirt for the occasion:

I found this shirt at a little t-shirt cart on the beach. I don't know where I think I'm going to wear it. I just thought it was funny. Maybe I'll wear it on my cruise. I won't know anyone there. I was thinking I could wear it at the lake, but I don't really think I need to expose all of the elderly people to this "MILF" thing and what it really means.

I didn't *really* wear this shirt, but I had to put it on for a photo opp.

After the presentation, I went to another breakout session and then it was time to get ready for the cocktail hours.

Here is me in my "being as cute as I can be" gear. Don't you love my red beads? I already decided that if someone told me they liked them I was going to say, "Oh thanks, they aren't real."

And below this is my standard "stance" of this trip. The Chyna Doll wrestling pose (AKA "HISSSSS). I don't expect it to be funny to anyone but me.

And here is Amylicious- My Partner for the Week. We gave ourselfs "partner" names and had lots of fun laughing.

There will be more. I am getting ready for a garage sale that I didn't know I was having. We can talk about that later, too.