… and if you are, introduce yourself! 
After a very, very, very, very long flight, it was suddenly all worth it to see Edie and Liz, arms out ready to hug me, at the baggage carousel. LaDonna, I thought back to Dallas in 2007, how we met in the airport then, and really wished you were with us.
It only got better. We went shopping (of course) and Liz got the shopping queen award, then picked Therese Walsh up and headed out for the Harry Potter theme park at Universal Studios. Wow. Talk about going all out on a theme. Fantastic. The butterbeer. Yum, yum, yum. I’d buy that any day.
The only down-side was the heat, and we escaped into the Three Broomsticks for a very long lunch to avoid the worst of it, and that was a treat all on its one. The ride, which we waited an hour to get on, was completely worth it. Wow. I just loved it.
We ended the evening in the bar of the Dolphin, where I met Jessica Scott and Roxanne St. Claire, who I’ve ‘met’ online but now can put a face to a name, Laura Griffin, who is a fellow Simon & Schuster author, and was so happy to see Karin Tabke, Maya Banks, Allison Brennan and Jan Kenny again.
Today is going to be just as good, I’m meeting my agent face to face for the first time, Lauren McKenna from Simon & Schuster, and some of my GIAM loop friends. Can. Not. Wait.
Michelle, meeting you in the Dallas airport was the best! Remember the rain, and dragging our luggage from one end of the terminal to the other?
What a workout. Just hearing you mention all the gals there makes me smile. Fun bunch of writers! Tell them all I said, “hey” too.
And meeting your agent and editor will be so fun! I’m sending y’all some fairy dust to keep you going, and for those golden moments to gather round yas like confetti!
Ok, I’m just so jealous of all of you that I don’t even feel like speaking to you.
Hope you’ve had a wonderful time, and have a safe trip home!
Michelle, that was a fun day. It’s good to read about it now. I’m wondering if you’re home yet.