I Used to Blog

Many moons ago I was a blogger... I felt like I had a good solid readership and would thrive on the multitude of comments I would get throughout the day.

Then I just started not having much to blog about. So when I did blog, not many were reading. Then I kinda just stopped blogging all together. And I stopped getting to catch up on all the blogs I typically love to catch up on.

It has now been one week without my smart phone, the Geek Squad actually just told me my new phone was in so I am finally back with a smart phone and will feel more part of the world. IT was pathetic how much I realized I rely on that thing. In the morning I check the weather on it. I usually read emails in bed when I first wake up. Send a tweet or two on the way out the door. Now it's like I only check my emails once a day and I feel swamped. I wasn't on Twitter for like four or five days. I felt lost, and when I came back nobody was even responsive.

So then I got sad. I found myself trying to respond to so many people I typically talk to regularly to get myself back in the group and not "feel left out". I seriously felt like I was in jr. high or something. I remember coming back from lunch at work yesterday seeing that nobody had responded to my tweets I had sent out and I was like bummed out. Really Laura??

I guess I realized I really do cherish the people I am friends with in the bloggy world. And I felt like if you don't put in your frequent effort you can be quickly forgotten. Kinda like in real life relationships, if you don't put in effort you drift. Like when I posted last week about my new business venture and a big sale I was having I didn't expect a bunch of people to make purchases or anything (Although a couple did and I'm grateful!) but I at least expected a good luck or something. Not one comment or message. Am I being totally dramatic about this? Absolutely, but that's really how I felt. And I told myself I needed to stop being so silly.

So if we used to talk alot, I still love you - email me.
If we used to gchat, I'm always there so gchat me.
If we are usually tweeting, say hi!
And if you want a new blog buddy hit me up, I'm clearly having acceptance problems. LOL

All I know is I can speak for myself and maybe a ton of you could honestly agree. But I blog for feedback. It's part a diary and venting. But it's hard to regularly blog when you don't feel like anyone is out there reading.

On that note I'm done whining and I'll let you know the latest on my blog update. I have my new blog being worked on right now, and I've been out of town a lot so I haven't been able to do the revisions I've needed to do (Sorry Joy!) but I make an oath to you now. Once I make the blog switch, if you ever so kindly follow me over to the Wordpress side I promise to put in my effort of blogging again, if we can be friends again. :)

Hope all is well with everyone, the Hubs and I have just been so freakin' busy! This past month we visited our best friends in Arizona (who are having a little girl, Reese Michelle!), went to Vegas for the weekend (Sad we didn't meet up Ali!), and spent the weekend in Cambria where I realized I belong living at the beach. Here are a couple of pictures I posted on FB while we were there, we couldn't have asked for more gorgeous, high 70s weather.

Elephant Seals on the Beach

View from a house that was for sale... *sigh*