Who knew that simply changing my URL would wreak such havoc in the blogiverse. Did you know when you change your URL you lose all those wonderful lists you create on your sidebar. With just one push of the button all my friends were lost. It was after 10 pm when I realized this and I went into panic mode.
How am I gonna find them all?? Who was on the list?? What if they can’t find me?? HELP!!!! I’M LOST IN BLOGLAAAAANNNNDDD!!!!
Thankfully Mrs. R. is officially my blogger mentor. She held my hand. Had me take some deep breaths. Assured me this was the best decision and to just take things one. step. at. a. time.
Breathing….
So one by one I fished through my comments and started putting my lists back together. Which really sounds a lot easier than it was. Stupid blogger was not cooperating and after adding like ten links I clicked “save” and instead an error occurred causing me to lose everything again. Back to the links I went. One. By. One.
The funny thing is I comment back MORE to the people who leave comments for me than I do to the people on my lists (all the more reason to keep leaving me comments). Some of the people who were on my lists didn’t even get LOOKED at that much. I guess having those people over there is more of a security blanket than anything. A reminder that if all else fails and no one leaves a comment I can always click on THOSE pages to feel close to someone again.
I stayed up until 12:30 am putting those damn lists back together and filtering through and deleting old posts that are boring and filled with names of family members and what not. When I finished all that I checked my email before heading to bed and received a message from Mrs. R. telling me not to forget my beloved Greatest Hits list.
Damnit. Copy and paste she says. Copy and paste.
So I did. Until after 1am. Do I have a life? Yes. Did I want to work out in the morning? Yes. Did I know that the kids could get up throughout the night and I’d have to tend to them? Yes. Did I care? No. All I cared about was my stupid blog and making it just right before I left it to go to bed.
I actually don’t have a life.
Now I’m wondering if I’ve lost all those family members and friends who aren’t “one of us”. You know, the one’s who JUST know and read YOUR blog for updates and what not. Who knows if they’ll ever find me again.
And that may not be a bad thing because then I could talk about my brother’s divorce and my sister’s reverse snobbery wedding planning skills.
Alas. Better safe than sorry.
I’ll spend the rest of the day trying to salvage all my blogfriends. Although if they want to find me badly enough it shouldn’t be too difficult. All my old comments will still lead you to my page. Maybe I shouldn’t waste my time with that and instead do something productive…like work on those online classes that keep my certification current.
But then again….
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