I hate speaking in public, especially when there are strangers in the audience. Even in class, I hate giving presentations because really, I'd be happier just being the wallpaper. Not the wallflower, but actually the wallpaper, except that, of course, classrooms just have paint so that's sorta a moot point.
Anyway, so I'm sure that it's obvious that the conference makes me nervous. Simply the idea of it has made me nervous since I signed up for the seminar. I feel like I'm just going to make a complete fool of myself, and... oh, I don't know, babble my head off and then afterward, I will want to dig a ditch, throw myself into it and then somehow bury myself. I *really* hate speaking in public. I'm okay in classrooms with little kids but once people are my age or older, my brain just makes it all worse even if people are telling me that it'll all be perfectly all right.
So. Nervous to all hell. Hopefully, the dress rehearsal that we're having makes it all somewhat less of "oh my god, I'm going to mess up... this is going to be a disaster" feeling situation.