Picture this. You are at the Annual Bloggers Bash Awards waiting to hear whether you have won an award.
After weeks of campaigning for votes you are broken and a shadow of your former self.
Added to this, the cruel committee members have left your category to the end of the awards ceremony – as if you need more pain inflicted upon you!
You check your competition one last time. They are all great bloggers! Cue sinking feeling.
You know that you struggle to contain your emotions on a daily basis. Those self help books better pay off!
“Must not let my emotions run away with me!” you whimper. “Must keep up the image of being….all there mentally!”
Nerves and emotion build inside you as the Committee members announce the results of the votes in your category.
Your heart pounds in your chest, your mouth runs dry and a nervous blogger next to you squeezes your clammy hand.
When the committee members reveal that you are the winner – how do you react?
I was lucky enough to be at the Annual Bloggers Bash Awards 2016 at the weekend and there were some different reactions from winning bloggers.
- The Cool as a Cucumber Blogger. The news of your victory does not faze you. With the hint of a smile you walk calmly to the front to collect your prize.
- The Grinning Blogger. The news of your victory brings a huge grin to your face. You bound up to the front and maybe raise a hand to your applauding fans.
- The Delighted Blogger. With a hop, skip and a jump you race up to the front and hug every committee member on the stage before accepting your prize.
- The Air Punch Blogger. You leap up from your seat and roar ‘YESSSSSS!’ This is quickly followed by some rapid air punches. Unable to contain yourself you charge up to the front (air punching as you go). You snatch the prize from the shocked looking committee member and race back to your corner, still air punching. Once seated another blogger has to quietly tell you to stop air punching.
I will let you decide on how I reacted to the news that I had won Funniest Blogger.
Think about how calm and collected I am on this blog! Sigh!
Thank you for all your support. I have been blessed with some great readers and followers.
Photo Credit: Seth Doyle via Unsplash
You accepted with, ahem, dignified joy! 😉 (I was there… I saw!)
Yes that’s right – dignified joy! Sigh! Thx Ritu
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Congrats on your win, Lucy! I seem to remember a few air punches on your part…
Oh Ali – your eyes must have been deceiving you. In my head I was as cool as a cucumber…
Gosh so sorry! Must have got you mixed up with someone else! 😁😂😄
Yes Ali – an easy mistake to make…it’s ok I forgive you 🙂
Ha ha, I agree with Ritu, it was definitely…dignified!
P.s. Sorry I had to tell you to stop punching the air but you nearly had my eye out!! 😉
It was a great day and you fully deserved your win, congratulations *rushes off to find someone to hug in your honour* 😉 xxx
Lol!! I had you down as the delighted blogger as you did hop, skip and jump up to the front 🙂
Yep, that would be me!! 😉
Congratulations 😀 I am just going to assume you were # 4 😉
Lol!! Thx for reading 🙂
You’ve taken that air punching to a new level Lucy are you a closet kick boxing fan? Well deserved keep up the good work!
Hang on…where are all the ‘you were ice cool!’ Lol!! Thx Marje 🙂
Lucy Mitchell the Ice Maiden !
Yes that’s me!!
You got the blonde hair Ice Maiden look Lucy!!
HaHA! I think you reacted perfectly normally for someone that had just won the ‘funniest blog’ award!! Your excitement was infectious! Congratulations, on your well-deserved win. 🙂
Hey thx Judy Martin 🙂
Congratulations to a very worthy winner… And thanks for entertaining your loyal public in such consummate style. 😊
Jools I was like a wall flower remember???
Ummmm … … .. .. . . . 😉
Yay! Congrats my blonde friend! 💛
Yay – thx my sunshine friend 🙂
Your blog is the bees knees! Well deserved win, Ms. Mitchell! ❤ So great to meet you too! *\o/* starstruck ❤
Hey Lovely Hair Lady 🙂 thank you!
If I can just quote from an email received today from the driver (with the damages invoice) …. ‘… As for the marks on the ceiling near the bar, it appears they are knuckle dents. We have taken casts and would be grateful if you would check who amongst your guests practiced their mixed martial arts quite so vigorously. Once the culprit is identified the replastering costs can be passed on. Finally to the stiletto heel marks in the bar, experts believe they were Loubitan shoes so…’ Just saying. A highly well deserved prize oh giggle goddess. Here’s to winning the trophy outright next year…
Why thank you great author! I have such an author crush now on Geoff Le Pard!
*blushes…
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Being that committee member who handed you your prize, please can I have my hand back? As for my black eye from the one air punch that went astray, the bruising is already getting better 😃
Congratulations on your well-deserved win.
Thank you lol!
Congratulations!
Thank you Victoria 🙂 happy Tuesday
Congratulations. It was well deserved. Your blog is always a bright spot in my e-mail list.
Arrrr thx Pauline – always nice to see you in these blonde parts of town 🙂
I would have been them all at once! congratulations Lucy I am so pleased. My vote obviously done the trick… but watch your back I am doing my best to catch you xx * big smile*
Yes!!!! Not hard to catch me 🙂
Says the winner! I wasn’t even in the ‘quietly mentioned’ catagory. Haaahaaa!
Congrats to you. I might have been the cool cucumber on the surface, but punching the ceiling on the inside. That sounds a bit painful ??? ☺
Congratulations once again! A deserved win. I think your reaction was perfect.
Yay – hey my Polish blogging friend! Guess where the image came from? Thought of you and your image insight 🙂
Awesome. Glad to be able to help.
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Congratulations on this well-deserved award. You certainly earned it!
Hey Don – thank you 🙂 happy Tuesday BTW
You’re welcome…Happy Tuesday to you as well.
C.o.n.g.r.a.t.u.l.a.t.i.o.n.s., Lucy. I had no doubt. No doubt at all you would (1) win and (2) you would be a lady about accepting. 😀 😀 😀
That’s me – a lady! Sigh! Thanking you kindly
You are more than welcome. Of course I WAS right. 😀 😀 😀 I heard you were the shy, quiet type.
Yes that’s me – shy and quiet! Just don’t watch any of the videos from the Bash when they surface!
Congratulations! You definitely deserved this! Your acrobatic keystroke antics keep me laughing every time I read your posts…
Keep up the wonderfully funny work and best wishes for everything you apply your talents to!
Arrrrr thx Tanya – happy Tuesday!
I watched you from the moment the award was first announced. Not quite ‘cool as a cucumber’ – more ‘completely manic air puncher’ 😉
LOL!!!! You make me smile 🙂
Tee hee 🙂
Congratulations.
Thank you John – happy Tuesday!
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The lady who wears red pjs to put out the bins…a yes yes YES YES! woman me thinks! Well done Lucy great to see you won.
Hey Eric – I mentioned you on a video shout out to my followers at the awards 🙂
Ha that’ll explain the Roxy lookalikes visiting! Thank you Lucy honoured indeed!
Haha! 😀 … I love that typology… very eloquent… thanks for sharing & congrats to you!… best wishes. Aquileana 😉
Hey thx! happy Tuesday!
Congratulations on your win!! I found your blog through the recommendation of Bun Karyudo. I almost hacked up a lung at the description of the Air Punch Blogger. 😀
I had to share my experiences 🙂
Congrats, Lucy! You’re my weekly laugh therapy :), so I’m happy you won. I’m thinking you started off as a 4 then switched to a 3-2 combo while crying and repeating, “Oh my God, I can’t believe this!” Am I close?
Oh Dionne – how did you guess? We understand each other so well – sigh!
LOL!
I just know you were cool about the whole thing. “Like, whatever. Thanks. Where’s my wine?”
No comment 🙂
I suppose it depended on which one of your personalities showed up.
Congrats, you deserved it, funny girl.
Shhhhh lets not talk about my many personalities….the cool one turned up! Not the one that is nuts!
Haha…first hand witness to the air punching so an easy guess for me 😀 Congratulations Lucy, you deserve it! Really enjoyed meeting you and chatting, albeit briefly…here’s to next year to carry on where we left off! xx
Yay!! Thx Sherri!
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pahahahahahahaha I nearly peed my pants reading this!…. also…. whats this about cruel…. someone’s band from next year!
Oh dear – lol!
A huge Congratulations 🙂 I had seen the nominations and had straight away voted for you, and am really happy you won the award 🙂 Here is to many more air punches to come 😉 Cheers!
Thank you so much!!! 💐
Congratulations, you definitely earned it. Just remember us “little people” who helped you get there. It’s me, Chris…Chris Mentzer? I sat in your chair and allowed you to interview me. Ring a bell? *sigh*
Ha! Remember me you mean when you are famous!
Yeah, by that time I’ll be in a rest home and you’ll be spoon-feeding me pudding. 😛
Lol! Funny
CONGRATS, BlondeLucy!!! ❤
Hey!!! I mentioned you on a video at the Bloggers Bash – shout out to some of my followers and friends 🙂 video will be out at weekend!!!
That’s awesome!!! Thank you so much, best IBFF! ❤ My day of fame has finally come. I'm friends with a superstar blonde writer/blogger!
Anytime E Rawls!