"Are we there yet Mom?" The TayTay story.

[TayTay]

We are standing on a stage with about 30 other people. We have just been celebrated by the wonderful Mrs. Heinz. She has called out each of our names (including LevensonK's husband who is not really a blogger and had no idea this was going to happen to him. She must talk about 'our date' and his reaction to the evening. OMG! Honey, that man is a keeper.) The wonderful JK then invited us, in a surprise move of his own, to join him on stage. People were clapping for us and having a whomping good time. I am in the moment, listening to the speech. All the planning and stuff from the last two weeks has come to fruition.

Then someone leans over and says, "What happens next?" I had no idea what to say back. I had been asked all weekend what happens, when it happens and how we will know. Will I tell people or not? Have I been getting phone calls and is everything under control? And, most especially on Sunday night, "Mom, are we there yet?" No bad, except for when we were on stage during the speech and I was asked this, in variation. I truly believe that at one point I leaned over to someone and said, "Do you see that tall guy with the silvery hair making a speech about 3 frickin yards from your face? Yeah, okay, so then, I friggin think we are there now. Don't make me pull this car over, cuz you will have to walk home from here."

Also, I really have no idea what Mr. Kerry said in the pub. I was too far away for most of his talk. I couldn't hear a blessed thing. (But I did talk with that gorgeous and sweet guy that he brought with him. mmmm what a sweetie!) I was then summoned to put my miraculous Mom powers into use at a key and critical juncture of the discussion and use my otherwordly ability to give people dirty looks and cowe them into submission to make something or other happen. (I forget what now. I left my Super-Kerry-Forum-Mom suit at the cleaners today. The powers go with the suit.) Once I was down at that end of the table, I decided that I really might want to actually stay and listen and talk. (There's a thought.) It was wonderful!

So, am I off the clock now? Do I still have to know every friggin thing? Can I stop having frickin seizures every time the phone rings cuz I'm getting details I don't friggin believe?

Are we there yet?

Oh, and I was sound asleep last night, making up for missing so much sleep over the weekend. My phone rang at 1:30 in the morning and woke me up. (It was a wrong number or proof God is testing me.) I couldn't get back to sleep for two hours. So I am a very prickly pear today. Just a warning. A be-yatchy TayTay is not a sight for the squeamish.

[ProSense]

1. Your recaps are great! Thanks.

Great insights you all have provided and many vicarious thrills. Thanks.

I forgot to add:

:yourock:

[politicasista]

2. Thanks for the story TayTay!

:toast: :bounce: :yourock: :hi:

[seito]

3. It sounds like you did an amazing job

Take a well-deserved break. :hug:

[emulatorloo]

4. get some damn sleep, Tay Tay -- how you herded that wild crowd thru the

icy streets w/o mishap is beyond me.

Thanks for the post . . . . :toast: :patriot: :dem:

ON EDIT smilie malfunction

[TayTay]

5. Oh, by the way, a secret was revealed about Boston people

this weekend. We were all talking and I was hogging the conversation and pontificating about something irrelevent when someone mentioned something about a deal the Red Sox were working on. All the Mass people shut up and leaned in close for an emergency Red Sox discussion. (It's a Boston thing.) The rest of the group was now free to talk about us behind our backs as we were in the mandatory Red Sox discussion. (Which is life and death and everything in between, after all.)

So, now you know how to completely disarm a Mass person and stop them from talking all the time. Mention that the Red Sox did something and they will go crazy until they learn exactly what the Sox did. Note to the wise, use this awesome power with discretion, cuz it's really mean to tease the natives.

[karynnj]

7. Tay Tay you really shouldn't have exposed the secret of how to stop MA

people - this could endanger MA leaders. Imagine what Bush could have done with this. :)

Seriously, thank you and the others for your stories.

[Blaukraut]

6. All your efforts are much appreciated

'including LevensonK's husband who is not really a blogger and had no idea this was going to happen to him.'
He will be now! Going to sign up within a couple of days. I think we created a monster. lol
But do let me take the opportunity, before hubby can read my stuff, to agree with you about the gorgeous guy! Holy mackerel :9 He told Tony his name, but of course, as with anything else, it has escaped me :crazy: