Hello from my lovely hotel room in Baltimore 
I’m blogging from bed in my chonies jammies and trying to figure out how to divide my night up so I can sleep on both these beds. Oh the perks of Tina not wanting to room with you because you turn a pristine hotel room into a hoarder’s paradise (see: Blogher Food fun).
As the title states I barely made it! My flight to Dallas landed at 1:49pm and my flight to BWI boarded at 2:05. When you factor in waiting for everyone to leisurely get off the plane and that the Dallas airport is HUGE I was the last one to get on the flight. Whew.
I considered running to my terminal, but the signs said the shuttle took 14 minutes and walking took 22. I couldn’t do the math fast enough to assess if running with my bags would be faster. Plus, the last time I tried to run to catch a flight I missed it and swear by the “if you’re running in the airport you’ve already missed it…” theory (<- that I made up after that day).
Wow. Tangent.
I ate my packed lunch from Dallas to Baltimore…
And realized an egg salad sandwich was a bad choice for plane fare. At least it wasn’t a chorizo burrito (my dad has brought those on planes before).
Finally after a day of travels (that is why I take red eyes going from west to east, but hate them) I landed in my home away from home, Maryland. I took the Super Shuttle to the hotel and a group of us went off in search of dinner. 
The first place we tried had a 45+ minute wait. No thanks. So this nice security guy directed us to Plan B. 
Since there were small plates on the table when we sat down I thought we were going to get bread. So, I ordered the salmon salad and figured I’d have a piece.
Tragically, no bread appeared in front of me so I stole one of Tina’s weird triangle crisps because she hates bread, puppies and happiness. Okay, mostly bread.
The dinner bunch included:
A few Laughing Cow reps <- Hey ladies I LOVE laughing cow too!
Sarah from Diet Sarah
Brittany from Eating Bird Food
Julie from Peanut Butter Fingers
Me from my mom’s belly
Tina from Carrots n Cake
Lindsey from Lindsey’s List
Now I’m cranking up the heat (they had the room at 62 when I got in?!) and trying to get some sleep. Luckily, I am super tired even though I should feel like it’s 3 hours earlier.
See ya later!
An entire room to yourself? Nuts! You’re too lucky, I shared w/ 3 other strangers/bloggers I found on Twitter. It actually worked out fine and was probably a good thing since I knew NO ONE. 🙂
I’m so jealous you got to go to the Fitbloggin conference!! 😀 One of these days, I’ll work up the nerve to make my conference debut ;). I wish I could find more stuff going on down here in So. Cal because that seems like a much less scary starting place. Can’t wait to read more about the conference!
I agree! I wish there were more opportunities around here!
That’s crazy about the flights- what a stressful start to the weekend! Glad I could connect and say hi to a fellow redhead… would have loved to chat more. There were so many people to connect with! The weekend flew by, but it was a blast!
One of my travel rules is to always wear running shoes…I’ve had to run/super-speed-walk to catch way too many connections!
loved meeting you at the mccormick booth! thanks for coming by 🙂
Thank you! That snack mix seriously rocked my world!!!
This whole post was hilarious. It’s so strange seeing that picture of you all together. As a non-big-deal-blogger, it’s crazy that you all who have huge followings also hanging out!
You should come to a conference too! We hang out with all 🙂
Have a great time!
I’m glad you made your flight! That’s the worse. We almost missed a Denver to Dallas connection this summer. We made it, but we did have to run!
What was the gym like at the hotel??
And do you even use the hotel gyms or do you run outside when you’re away??
Ha! Dude I wish you had tried to sprint to the terminal with all of your bags and as a happy mistake someone going to the same place would snap a picture of you looking like a crazed bag lady in mid stride and posted it up for us to enjoy. If only.
This seems really passive agressive towards Tina? Can’t say I wouldn’t blame you though, if that’s the case.
Ha! We have been fighting a thermostat war in this house since we moved from NC to AZ. DH would LOVE 62. I have it set at 77 and he is “sweating”. 77, when it is 100 outside, is cold.
Have fun at FitBlogger!
The Kidless Kronicles
At first glance at your hotel room picture I thought you brought a foam roller with you and thought, “that’s a lot to pack for a trip…”. I didn’t think it was weird or anything. Then I saw a second one on the other bed and realized they are decorative pillows. It cracked me up. 🙂
Have fun in Baltimore! I love hanging out in that town.
have fun!
I can’t BELIEVE I’m not there with you girls! 🙁 Will you think of me if you get a Dunkin’ Donuts ice coffee?
Did you eat at brio tuscan grille? You should definitely have gotten free bread. Their bread is one of my favorites! I live in Baltimore and if you have a chance you should check out Fell’s Point. Cutest place with a bunch of shoppes and restaurants… but most importantly, pitango gelato! It’s organic and uses only natural, fresh ingredients from their farm in Pennsylvania. Delicious.
Have a wonderful safe trip. Looking forward to you blogging about it. It’s awesome to see Julie and Tina with you there too! Yay! Love you guys. Have a great weekend. ^_^
::jealous:: I’m hoping to make it next year. have a blast, can’t wait to read your recap!!
Fun Bunch….I would be the one who WOULD ACTUALLY miss the plane…b/c of my lack of airline savvy of course, I would have tried to run..thinking I am better than any shuttle…hahha!
I absolutely love it when I see bloggers I recognize getting together for something – so surreal!
Wow that was a close call! And I’m {pleasantly} surprised that they let you on the flight! Did you shuttle or run to the gate?
Shuttle
Heat set to 78??? That’s some heat!!! Have fun at the conference!
I bet you are going to have a blast! Keep on posting every detail!!
Have fun! Wish I could be there this year. Maybe next!
I wish you were here too!