No really, I have a point

I started writing my last post with a very specific point in mind and then I got all caught up in what happened and forgot to make my point. Which was, while my blog was down I spent some time thinking about how much time and energy I wanted to put into getting it back up again. At one point it was thought I would have to download the database, uninstall WP, reinstall the new version of WP, upload the database and hope that nothing got lost in translation. Now to many, many people that may not seem like a big deal. And while I am extremely proficient with computers – I hate them!!! I hate having to learn anything new!! I hate having to take multiple steps to do one thing!! As much as I love computers, I hate them just as much. So the thought of having to figure out how to backup the database and store it on my hard drive – so it didn’t get erased by mistake – and then redo WP and then reinstall it…..Ugh!!! It would have taken me time to figure all this out and then do it and worry and pray that I was doing everything right…. I would probably be taking herbal phentermine like it was candy…. So this led to some serious thoughts about why I blog and do I want to continue…..

I started my first blog for me and for the longest time I didn’t get any comments and I was fine with that. I wasn’t sure I wanted anyone reading what I wrote anyway. Then I started reading a lot of other blogs and leaving comments on them. Then they started coming to my blog and leaving comments. Before you knew it there was this large blogging community I was a part of and it was kind of cool. We had common interests, namely running and triathlons, and it was fun to be part of such a large, extended family. Then I started this blog as place to write about things other then training and health. I also started a pet blog because the number of animals in the house quickly overtook the number of humans…if they ever ban together we are in trouble…and I became involved in different communities with each blog. It was fun and I really enjoyed it. I would read other blogs, comment, drop Entrecards, and post on my blogs. Then I started graduate school…and starting teaching high school…and adopted two rescue dogs…..and suddenly I had zero time for the computer and truly, was far too busy living my life to write about it. I have managed to strike a balance between blogging and living and it seems to be working, but when my blog went down it really got me to thinking.. do I still want to continue doing this???? I think at this point I do… very soon my life will be slowing down some – graduate school is almost done and that dreaded first year of teaching is over – and I will have some more free time again…So I’ll keep going for now and see what happens…but the thought is now planted….