Vanished

WHY:
I think I forgot how to type.  My shoulder is injured.  My keyboard is dirty.  Typepad won't let me login.  I didn't pay Typepad to renew my blog because I wasn't sure that I wanted to keep writing ever-increasingly lethargic posts.  I thought I'd miss it more if I stopped.  I am a terrible commenter and didn't want to run around commenting on 87 different blogs per day because it took me way too long and started to feel like a job requirement.  I don't like blogging politics and internet cliques.  No one wants to see pictures of Lydah every single day.  I got really busy.  My keyboard is REALLY dirty.

But guess what? 

WHAT:
Separated from writing for long enough, I did start missing it.  And I have been reading blogs again, sans commenting.  I even got up the nerve to open my long-neglected feed reader the other day, and went ahead and marked everything read and now you know what I do?  I just read the ones I feel like reading.  No pressure!  How about that? 

AM WEIRD:
Look, I realize that I am possibly the only person any of us know who is neurotic enough to self-impose all these regulations and requirements on what is, 100%, a hobby.  But there it is. 

I'm neurotic!  And my keyboard is gross!

IN CONCLUSION:
But I'm back.  I paid Typepad, I cleaned my keyboard.  And I'm giving myself a break as far as my self-inflicted blogging guilt.  14 posts in 28 days.  Count it.

OH LOOK, IT'S LYDAH, AFTER ALL:

Comments

[regan]

welcome back.

[Chance Patrick]

Wow..you pretty much sound like Claire, but I am glad to have you back and the I like pictures of puppies...Am I weird? Yes I am.

[Claire Patrick]

Hahah. Chance said that your "AM WEIRD" sounds like me. Ohhhh it does. And it is. So, no, you're not the only one. I'm with you.

We're glad you're back (and Lydah too!!!)!

[velocibadgergirl]

Welcome back! And I would gladly look at a daily photo of lovely Lydah ;)

[Cassie]

So glad you're back! And I would totally look at a photo of Lydah every day. She's such a sweetie.

[RA]

Elise, you know I am totally on the WYWT (What You Want To) train for blog reading, writing, and commenting. No pressure, at least from me.

Welcome back!

[Tilly]

Yay! That is all.

[Anna]

Yay! Welcome back!

[Julie]

I'm glad you're back.
You had me worried.

Hope I'm one of the ones you read.:)

[AC Slater]

Yep.. you totally need this: http://www.random-good-stuff.com/2009/04/24/washable-keyboard-dishwasher-safe/

PS - so sorry about your shoulder! we had a tough-love talk with maggie and she'll be happy to lick your shoulder (if you put honey on it). wow.. this took a weird turn...

[3carnations]

Welcome back. :-)

[Dory]

Hiiiii Elise AND Lydah! Good to see you!

[TeacherA]

The cuteness! Also, totally explains the dog hairs in the bed.

[Mike]

I can't think of a better way to start a workweek. Welcome back Elise!

[Operation Pink Herring]

Hooray! You're back!

You are definitely not the only person with self-imposed blogging regulations/guilt. FAAAR from it.

[Jen]

Hello! So glad you are back. And I love that look Lydah is giving you, it's like, 'Yeeeeeees? there had better be a good reason you've interrupted my sleep, woman.'

[Anna]

I never really comment either. And, since the day I lost the ability to play on the internet at work, I kind of stopped reading, too. And I haven't even LOOKED at my google reader in a year. I'm sure it must've exploded by this point.

And what I'm trying to say here is that I totally feel what you're saying. Glad you're blogging again.

(And, yes, for the record, I totally recognize how terribly late I am with this comment. See, I told you I never comment these days.)

[tiff]

I didn't even know you were back! Feel like the worst iBFF ever. Sorry hon. But if it's any consolation you're one of um, THREE blogs I'll be checking.