My friend Amber was so sweet. She brought something with her to the Connecting While Correcting conference–a birthday card with something jingly in it.
Last night, when registration opened for Together Called and my phone was binging and my inbox ringing, Amber texted a “happy birthday” to me in the midst of all the registration rush. I texted back that I’d finally open her card. She couldn’t believe I had waited (and was probably wondering why I hadn’t thanked her for it). All week, I have seen it staring at me on my kitchen counter. I had waited because I had no plans for today besides a trip to the grocery store and thought it might make the day a little less boring.
Silly me.
In between the hundreds of Facebook notifications of people saying happy birthday (social media has even changed how we do birthdays), the Together Called registrations just kept coming. And, at 4pm today, 16 hours after we opened registration, every spot was taken. And, those spots represent families from 12 states.
Wow.
In all the excitement, I didn’t forget my sweet gift from Amber. I love it. A super cute necklace from Urban Aviary, one of Together Called’s sponsors. I think it’s officially my Together Called necklace now because every conference needs an official piece of jewelry, right?
What a day after all, a great, happy day.
There has been a high bar set for future birthdays. Maybe midnight on the night of October 3rd will have to be next year’s open registration date too.
Happiest of birthdays my dear friend!!