Alive? Check.

Exhausted? Check.

Excited about spending two full days with hundreds of women in downtown Chicago for the BlogHer Conference 2007? Check.

Ready for the aforementioned conference in any way shape or form? NEGATIVE.

It's almost midnight, and I still have to unpack from my family reunion trip, upload all the pictures from my camera, wash some clothes to wear for tomorrow, and print out business cards with my name and URL. Oh right, and I get to wake up at 5:30am because taking a train and a bus to Navy Pier from my house is going to take forever and a day.

Stressed and a wee bit panicky? Hell yes, check.