Recently, I went on the Internet and made a shocking discovery.
I found a blog. Actually, I found lots of blogs.
Recently, I went on the Internet and made a shocking discovery. I found a blog. Actually, I found lots of blogs. In fact, I found so many blogs, that I ignored my family for at least two days. Turns out there are blogs out in cyberspace on everything from parenting to raising emus on a remote farm on some island in the South Pacific. Who knew so many people had so much to say?
Unfortunately, I’m not nearly as interesting as emu farming. I don’t just wake up every morning with something to say that is so witty and amusing that I just have to share it with the world. Usually I wake up very slowly and I’m never witty or amusing until after breakfast. OK, after lunch. OK, sometimes I’m not witty or amusing for days on end, but whatever. I simply had to blog. And I wasn’t going to let the fact that I know absolutely nothing about blogging stop me. After all, I didn’t know anything about parenting, either. And look where that’s gotten me. OK, maybe that’s not a good comparison.
Day 1
Blogged my brains out. I was witty. I was amusing. I wrote the best-darned blog ever. Unfortunately, I didn’t post it. Hey, it was my first day. I was a little nervous about posting it to the world. Also I had technical difficulties. And yes, the translation for that is, I didn’t know what the heck I was doing.
Day 2
After numerous calls to tech support – also known as my husband – I finally posted my blog. Well, half of it. I’m telling you, it’s not nearly as witty and amusing when you can’t read the ending. And I couldn’t post the ending because my tech support turned off his phone.
Day 3
Posted the ending to Day Two’s blog. Funny how responsive tech support can be when you threaten to poison his dinner. Read an e-mail from my very first fan, who criticized me for not putting my entire blog up the day before and told me she would never read my blog again. You know, my mother can be very unforgiving.
Day 4
Put a new blog up. Pressed wrong key. Deleted entire Web site. Oops.
Day 5
Received an e-mail from my second fan. She told me my blog was gone, but it didn’t matter because it stunk anyway. Frankly, I was amazed. I didn’t know my grandma had e-mail.
Day 6
My tech support was no longer afraid of being poisoned. He went on strike and actually forbid me to use the computer for anything remotely resembling a blog.
Day 7
Made elaborate dinner in a vain attempt to bribe tech support into helping me with my blog. Unfortunately, my elaborate dinner gave tech support a tummy ache. Looks like I may have poisoned him after all.
Day 8
Tech support is now sleeping on the couch until my blog is up and running.
Day 9
My blog is up and running. Tech support has a backache.
Day 10
Realize that I need to update my blog. Decide to go shopping instead. I think this whole blog trend is overrated.
Days 11 – present
Have not updated blog. I avoid the computer except to check my Nordstrom credit card balance. I may even have to start avoiding doing that since I am shopping to keep myself from blogging. You know, this blogging thing is really a lot tougher than you’d think.
