Let me tell you that nothing NOTHING says fun like having a migraine and taking care of a three year old for twelve hours. Oh god, if every day could be filled with the delicious beauty of trying not to barf while holding my forehead so my brain doesn’t burst forth while keeping the scissors and knives away from a small child… You should all try it — priceless.

But the thing about having a migraine and a child is that the show must go on. So we went to the park before going to the Baghdad theater where they’d be running through the Ignite slides. On the way to the park, Arch fell asleep in the car and didn’t want to get up, so I lay on my passenger seat and contemplated lobotomies and tried to sleep too but *the voices!* and I was able to observe this, the world’s largest mushroom.

(It’s a good thing I had my neeeeeeeeeeew camera)

Seriously, what is up with that mushroom? It was bigger than my aching head, and I’ll have you know, I have a gigantic head. Does anyone know anything (legal — *ahem, Ken*) about mushrooms. Like what the hell is that thing? Is it proof that aliens walk among us, or what?!?

The comments section is open for anyone who can riddle me that.

Here’s a shot of the Baghdad from the stage. There’s a balcony too, of which I couldn’t get a decent pic. This one I had to fiddle with, as you all know, my neeeeeeeeeeew camera would never deign to take such a grainy pic, unless I asked it to. The Baghdad holds 700 people. They went through 550 advanced tickets in 3.5 hours. They’ll have general admission the night of the show. Info here.

It occurred to me while I was standing on that stage that I’ve never been in front of 700 people before, and that most people will never in their lives stand in front of such a huge audience. It’s a good thing my migraine prevented anything so silly as emotion to crowd this single thought.

I got home and found at my doorstep a new treat from Zappos.com. Big shout out to Zappos, who, just because they lurve me, upped my shipping for free so that my shoes would come the next day. Oh Zappos could you sell groceries and childcare and internet service and cell phone plans and also may I have a writing job with you too because I love, love, love Zappos.com.

This was the best I could do for a shot with my shoes. Those are Naughty Monkey brand shoes, Wild Ways is the style. Linky here. I didn’t get the Guess Borda’s because Crissy was right, I wouldn’t be able to walk in them, but the 4″ heel was calling my name. These have a platform and a 4″ heel making them seem a little shorter than they are.

In a word — yummy.

And here’s my full ensemble for Ignite. That’s my pink cashmere jacket and quite possibly the only reason I left California — so I could wear it. I love this jacket.
And here’s what I’ll be wearing on stage. Simple black sheath dress and my new shoes. Classic and sexy.

If you’re coming to Ignite, I recommend you read that link I put up above. There are going to be some amazing presentations. My top picks — Cami Kaos, Amber Case, Betsy Whim, Katherine Gray, David Kominsky and ME! of course.

Okay good. So, I’ll see you on Thursday. And the Melissa Lion Street Mug Recognition contest is so on for that day. First person who comes up to me who has never met me before or emailed me wins the mug. It. Is. On.