{view of the aquarium from skydeck}

So this would be the post where I would be telling you about my fantastic weekend, how I’ve come back all inspired and be sharing a whole load of tips and tricks I learnt at the Problogger event.

But, sadly, thing didn’t turn out quite how I had planned, and if you follow me on Twitter, then you already know how this story goes.

The thing is, all in all I had a great weekend with the family in the big smoke. But in all honestly, the blogging day was a bit of a bust for this blogger, thanks to that old chestnut ~ mechanical fault!

My plane was delayed by four hours, I finally got to the venue at the end of the lunch break, the first session I wanted to go to was full to the brim, so initially I felt lost, out of sorts and ready to pack it in.

But I stuck it out, wiped away the tears and all that, and thankfully, I got to go to a couple of great sessions and I felt the familiar pangs of inspiration.

Needless to say, I wasn’t firing on all social cylinders by the time the drinks part of the day came around. Without the benefit of being involved for the full day and getting into the groove and my best intentions to be my sparkling best, put my fears aside and go out there and meet people,  I was floundering, disorientated and anxious. I did, basically by accident and not by any of my own initiative, manage to meet some new people and say hi to some blogging heroes.

Thankfully, most of the day’s sessions were recorded so I won’t miss out entirely. However, it is not the same.

But the good. Our little family had a wonderful, stress-free time in the city. We went out for breakfast, saw the penguins at the aquarium and went to the A-league match between the two Melbourne teams. {We are a football ie. soccer family} and saw the view from skydeck. And we went to IKEA. Is it wrong to say that was a highlight?

So apart from a few tourist snaps, I don’t have much to share, but if you want some blogging day highlights, I suggest you pop by Annabel’s Successful Blogging. Annabel live blogged from the event and has a great recap of the day.