UPDATED!!! If you’re like me, you both relish and cower from networking opportunities. I love to meet new people but I can find big conferences overwhelming. So when I heard other Californians on Twitter talking about getting on the same flight from LAX to Chicago-Midway for BlogHer ‘09 I thought, what a great idea…do some pre-conference networking in a smaller group. Since I can’t fly directly from Sacramento to Chicago-Midway on Southwest, I’ll be going through LAX and boarding the so-called “#partyplane” with a bunch of women who I’ve been chatting with over Twitter for the past year.

Below are the bloggers I know are on the party plane (thanks to Heather’s roll call and Kim’s memory). (There are a couple more that I’m pretty sure are on it but I haven’t confirmed so don’t want to give misinformation.) Are you on the party plane? If so, add your name via comment or email me at lifebehindthecurve [at] gmail [dot] com and I’ll put you on here too.

Emmie (@EmmieJ) from Life Behind the Curve

Lex (@laprimera) from On the Side

Heather (@mamaspohr) from The Spohrs are Multiplying

Mike (@newbornidentity) from The Newborn Identity

Meghan (@AMomTwoBoys) from A Mom Two Boys

Kim (@houseofprince) from House of Prince

Miss (@JustOneMiss) from Just One Miss

Red Lotus Mama (@RedLotusMama) from Red Lotus Mama

Yvonne (@joyunexpected) from Joy Unexpected

Stefanie from Baby on Bored

Adrienne (@adriennevh) from Adrienne’s House (she had to change her flight to Wednesday so she’s on here as an honorary Party Plane attendee)

Undomestic Diva (@undomesticdiva) from Undomestic Diva

Tina (@sendchocolate) from Send Chocolate NOW!

Suebob (@suebob) from Red Stapler*

Katie (@overflowinbrain) from Overflowing Brain*

Stephanie (@bizziemommy) from BizzieMommy

Caryn (@rockinmama) from Rockin Mama

Elizabeth (@MintCool) from Traded My BMW for a Minivan 

 VDog (@VDog) from VDog+Little Man^

Jennifer (@thesmartmama) from The Smart Mama

Lee (@LeeofMWOB) from Moms Without Blogs

 * = Outbound flight only

^ = Return flight only

Update: Oh, and if you haven’t already heard, @undomesticdiva went to great lengths (no pun intended) to get transportation to the hotel for all of us (and our luggage, because that girl thinks of everything). Woot! Kim (@houseofprince) is working on arranging return transportation so be sure to let her know if you need it. Cost will be $20 per person plus tip. And many many thanks to Southwest Air (Christi @SouthwestAir) for giving us coupons for a lot of little liquid courage. She must have known that there were quite a few #partyplaners who are a little anxious about flying. :)