Me and July 4th. If you don’t know what I mean, read my last post. Or read this one.
Every year– just getting through the day, I feel as if I dodged a bullet.
This year the bullet struck just as the clock struck.
July 4th had barely dawned. It was the middle of the night when I checked the computer on my way to bed; I clicked on my blog.
And it wasn’t there. I mean really wasn’t there. My blog, website, Cluttercast—vanished. I couldn’t even get to the dashboard to try to figure out what had happened.
Any evidence of my blog was wiped off the internet as if I’d never existed. As if the last two years had been a nightmare dream.
If you’re reading this, that means the crisis is over.
And I won’t bore you with the whole saga—which involved a sleepless night, stressful day, a lot of screaming soul-searching, a small amount of chocolate as an anti-depressant, and $16 to put Humpty Dumpty back together again.
There was some symbolism attached—independence on Independence Day.
As a techno-phobe—I have a modest feeling of accomplishment that I figured out this problem on my own after hours of trying to reach anyone who could help on a national holiday. I am woman hear me roar.
Still, I can’t help thinking about the timing— that on this specific day, I was booted off the internet—on the second anniversary of my blog, to boot.
Almost like the gods of the internet were looking down and laughing.
The gods must be crazy—how about me? Not that I’m a drama queen (who are we kidding?)……but I started to wonder what I was supposed to learn from this. Would I—-Should I— ever blog again?
If this was some kind of sign, it wasn’t exactly subtle.
A message from the universe or just a clusterfuck coincidence?
I have no idea. And July 4th isn’t even over yet.
Susan @ 2KoP says
I think I would have had a heart attack. Took me hours to transfer my SVMoms post to my own blog just because I didn’t want to go to that site sometime and find it blank.
Glad you worked out your technical glitches. Gladder that you are still blogging. What would we do without you?
Ruthie says
That must have been so terrifying! SO glad the problem was resolved!!! xxoo
Darryle Pollack says
YOu know, just reading your comment I think I didn’t have a heart attack because I expect these things on July 4th.
If it was a sign from the universe telling me not to blog, this time I didn’t listen. So thanks for the sweet words.
Darryle Pollack says
Thank u! As I said on FB, just another day in the Twilight Zone. Lucky me that I’ve been tapped to LIVE in it.
E. Sheppard says
I’m very glad you found your site again. It must have been so scary.
Darryle Pollack says
Thank u. Maybe it would have been less scary if I knew more about technology. The tiny amount I understand is what’s really scary.