Editor’s note: We’ll have a few people live-blogging the conference this week.  Enjoy!

Hey everyone, I’m your resident conference first-timer, so if anyone else out there is brand new to this, say hello!  I’m on the ground in Dallas, and so far:

-I had an awesome lunch with a (non-writer) friend who lives here in town.  Can I recommend Mijo’s in Arlington if you’re looking for that good local Mexican place you’d otherwise not know about?

-Finished reading Denise Jackson’s Grace in the Shadows, one of the titles up for the CWG’s Seal of Approval this month.  Excellent book.  I’m glad I had the chance to read it, and some quiet time to read it without interruptions.

What I’m looking forward to:

-Finishing Sarah Reinhard’s A Catholic Mom’s Guide to Pregnancy, another SOA title.  By the pool.  This place is gorgeous.

-Getting to sit in on the bookstore presentations at the CMN all day tomorrow.

-Meeting  my CWG friends as they trickle in tomorrow.  I get trained on working the registration desk tomorrow afternoon, and then put to work Wednesday.

Have a great week, and if you’re at the conference, say hi!