All of the traveling has finally caught up to me. I had avoided getting the sickness that has become legend - the SXSW plague - and I managed to avoid the flu my roommates both had.

I guess I am getting knocked out in round 3? Some people at work are sick and we all have the same symptoms, at the same time, which…well…just sucks! It’s only in my upper respiratory (as usual) with my nose and throat bothering me. No real pain, just discomfort and that whole elephant sitting on my face feeling.

So I’m still trying to get caught up after being away for so many days this month. I’m getting there though. I spent most of tonight going through so many of the links I sent to myself during the conferences - new social networking sites, cool ways to present data, etc. Geeky stuff. Being I’m a geek, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

My mom and I nailed down a weekend for her to come to DC to visit - the 18th - 20th of April. I’m really excited. Drew is going to make a big dinner for a bunch of us, I’ll probably take my mom out for a couple of drinks, and of course brunch! I’ve only got once conference in April which means with my mom coming I’ll have two whole weekends to myself. Yay!

So far in May I know I’ll be going to San Diego and San Francisco with Drew (he’s speaking at a conference and asked me if I wanted to tag along), I may be going to see Brad and Michael get married in PTown at the beginning of June, a bunch of us are going to PTown for a long weekend at the end of June, I’m going to Austin for Netroots Nation in July, the DNC Convention in August, the RNC convention in September, and who knows what else!

All too much to process right now. The cold (both temperature and sneezy) is taking me under the covers for some much needed sleep.

More coming soon…