Sunday, July 27, 2008

Maybe this year...

Looks like I’ll be back, trying to actually keep up with blogging for more than two months this year. I honestly felt good about things when I did it last year, and I know that if I can force myself to write regularly, I’ll be glad that I did. I’m just very aware of how busy things get, and how crazy it is to try to balance work, family, my relationship, and still have time for myself – and that doesn’t even include blogging. I’ll try, though!

I just typed a nice, long list of goals for this school year in Microsoft Word, because the new version is so darn pretty. It was numbered and lettered with Roman numerals and everything, and then I pasted it here and realized that it doesn't work that way. I should've known. Is there a way to maintain formatting without having to type out the html for everything?

There are a couple of things I’m wondering right now. The first one is this: I posted that thing last night, and tonight, I have three comments. How do you people even find this thing? I don’t think anyone links to it anymore. Was it pure randomness? How did you find me?

Second thing I’m wondering: I know this makes me look like a total loser who can’t use the internet, but I don’t care. When someone leaves me a comment on my blog, do I respond on my blog as well, or go to their blog and post a comment there? Any online journaling thing I’ve done before keeps it all on the same page, but I have no idea and I feel really dumb for not knowing. I promise I'm good with computers. I even use Twitter and Tumblr and all that cool stuff. Still, this question is driving me crazy.

And now I’m going to find something to eat (cheat on my diet) and go to bed.

I never like how these posts turn out after I write them. Hmm.

2 comments:

Margaret said...

I found you on Ms. Teacher's blog and clicked on the link to come over. Microsoft Word never formats well into blog posts; I've tried it too and it's easier just to retype it. I respond by e-mail, and usually visit the blog to leave a comment. Many people respond in the blog comments themselves. I don't like that because I don't often have time to go back and read the same posts to see what the person has written back. P.S. I'm a fellow teacher.

Jennie said...

Hi!
I'm glad you're back! I tend to type everything directly in blogger, but that may be because the extra level of typing it in Word just seems too much trouble.
Good luck with writing, I have trouble keeping up when life gets stressful as well--so hopefully we both have a better year!
(p.s. the move to Manchester is permanent for at least three or four years; we haven't really planned beyond that..)