I’m Back; Just Different
Thanks to Rachel and Danalyn at Weblog Design Studios, I found a great web host who helped me fix up my blog: Blogs About. Many thanks to both Lisa and Chris, especially Lisa, for putting up with all of my questions and helping me get this new WP 2.1.2 straightened out. I’m sad that my old template isn’t quite ready for this version yet, and I still have many image and other things to fix, but I’ll deal. Oh, yeah — Lisa designed the one I’m currently using and a whole bunch more available for download at the WordPress site. She’s also a designer at E. Webscapes and is writing the new WordPress for Dummies — she comes highly recommended!
It’s been a tough last week or so: blog problems; Internet problems; PC problems, which is why I now have this new laptop with the built-in webcam. If you’re lucky, maybe you’ll get to see Hopper’s butt. 
Brian’s been traveling for work since Monday and his flight’s been delayed tonight; he may not be home ’til tomorrow afternoon because of the weather. My pdoc assured me that it’s a good opportunity for me to start regaining my autonomy, except that all sorts of shit happened. On Monday, I was on my way to the gym before my pdoc appointment and got into a fender bender — minor, not a big deal, everyone’s fine. I forced myself to drive to the health club anyway and the pdoc’s office said it was OK if I was late.
Later that night, the living room fuse blew, and I had no idea where the fusebox is located, plus I never go into the basement because I’m a huge scaredy-cat when it comes to basements. All I can think of is Blair Witch. I didn’t think I could, but Brian walked me through it, even though our calls kept getting dropped. I think I managed the strength to do that because I had to feed the cats, and do chores and stuff, and because my blog and Web access were still fucked up, all I wanted to do was sit in the living room and read.
For the most part, I’m fine, but there are all of these little things that keep adding up and turning me into a huge basket case. It is my goal to regain autonomy, but not like this. I’ve jumped into doing all sorts of things in the past when I’ve felt better after an ECT, and I always end up crashing.
I went out to dinner with a friend last night, so that was a very welcome distraction. I hadn’t seen her in a while, and we had a lot of fun. But I should have just gone to bed when I got home. Oh, well.
in a way it’s a good thing we don’t live near each other… i’d be such an enabler - i’d be coming over and fixing the fuse thing… i’d make you and the cats sleep over…. i’d ensure you went to bed at a reasonable hour… eh?! autonomy?! schmautonomy!
April 25, 2007 10:31 pm
Yeah, yeah for being back on the radar! For a temp. blog design, this is very nice. I think it goes well with your hockey & ice stuff. (At least with the picture that’s now showing on your stickcam thing)
I’m glad you’re doing alright. You actually sound better than alright. That’s a very good thing.
April 26, 2007 3:47 am
I am SO SO happy to see that everything is up and running again. I totally understand the frustration that a certain other company was putting you through.
April 26, 2007 8:10 am
Great to hear you found a good host and people to assist you. I gotta have that “Wordpress for dummies”
Sounds like you had a great time at dinner and considering the crappy stuff that happened you deserved it!
April 26, 2007 1:28 pm
mama, that’s why Brian and I see a couples counselor. The last thing I want is for him to be an enabler — there’s such a fine line between being a nurturer and enabler, and I don’t want him to cross it.
jane, well, it is in Buckeye colors
, and I’ve already requested a quote for them to change the X into two crossed hockey sticks! 
I’m still playing around with the template because I don’t know how to get the sidebar thingies to roll up, if it’s even possible to do that using the Sidebar Widgets (probably not). And they just seem way too long — the sidebars, I mean.
rachel, thank you SO much for all your help and for referring me to Lisa. If it was just the blog thing that I had to deal with lately, it wouldn’t be so bad. Well, maybe it still would be.
DB, the book’s supposed to be out this summer! It was really nice to see my friend, who was one of my teammates last year. Better than sitting around alone and sulking.
April 26, 2007 5:58 pm
Things look up, the blog looks great!
April 29, 2007 1:46 pm
Looks aren’t everything, you know!
Actually, it still needs a lot of tedious editing of posts and such. Ah, well.
May 1, 2007 7:31 pm