As mentioned last time, I’m off to Hawaii next week and San Jose the week
after. I have very mixed emotions about this trip in general. On the one
hand, things are somewhat slow this time of year, so it’s certainly a good
time to be out of the office. On the other hand, I love my work and my
colleagues, and I am going to miss them for two weeks! Then again, I’m
never too far from my laptop, so I’ll still be in touch and available for
any SEO emergencies(!) that might crop up. Plus, it will be nice to spend
time with family for a change and to get to see my sister and my parents,
who all live in Hawaii. But then again, we’ll be leaving Jamie there for
school, and who knows the next time we will see her? That really hit me the
other night for the first time. It’s not like she can just come home for a
weekend or something. Thankfully she’ll have family nearby, so that helps a
whole lot.
As for the San Jose portion of the trip, it’s always fun to go to the SES
conference, but I’m not sure how it’s going to be trying to balance having
my family with me and also trying to be sociable with my SEO conference
pals. My husband and my son Tim will be there, and my daughter Corie will
be coming out for part of the SJ trip. Now, they’re all old enough to do
their own thing, so that’s not a problem, but I’m just not sure how things
like the Google Dance will play out, etc. I’m hoping I can get them all
into the dance, which would be great, but it might be for conference
attendees only. In which case, do I skip it? I haven’t missed a Google
Dance yet and want to at least show up for a little bit (certainly gotta at
least get the t-shirt!). I’m sure we’ll work out all these details soon
enough, but in the meantime, I’ve been slightly stressed thinking about it
all.
At any rate, even though I’ll be in Hawaii next week, I’ll still be sending
out the newsletter because we have Pauline’s Andrew Goodman interview all
ready to go. So I’ll catch you then, if only remotely!
If you’re in San Jose for the conference, please track me down and say hi!
