Well hi there. Testing, testing, 123?
Not sure if it feels different to you, but it feels a little different to me 1) knowing that I'm not broadcasting to the entire Interwebs and 2) knowing exactly how many people I'm "talking" to and having gotten some new introductions from readers. Again, I really appreciate all of your continued interested in reading. I hope I don't disappoint you . . . I do think I'll be able to talk more candidly. Statcounter was starting to make me really nervous, showing all of the search strings for which my blog was in the top 5 hits.
When the blog was public, I was often hesitant to give details about when/where I'd been traveling, or other specifics about my schedule or personal/work life, since it would make me so easily identifiable to someone who knew me or someone else who knew enough about the events to recognize that my travel dates matched with some event. I think my next few posts will be a backlog of news/information that I've been meaning to write about but wasn't sure how to do as discretely as I wanted. I'm still staying pseudonymous, but feel a bit more free knowing that just anyone can't stumble across these posts. At least 15% or so of you know me in real life, too, so that's a relief.
I myself haven't had much luck following protected blogs in RSS readers, so I'm hoping that this blog doesn't fall through the cracks or become a pain to keep up with. Feel free to offer feedback on how it's acting in your blog-tracking software/app/method of choice. So far the only blooper that I made was to accidentally delete that last 25 approved comments on other posts (sorry to the people who posted those, I really love all the comments I get!) when I was deleting all the blog access request comments.
Also, at least some of you expressed concern about your own privacy, given that some people have email addresses that give away their names or are linked to a Facebook account. Believe me, if anyone understands the desire for privacy, I do, and your information will stay 110% confidential. I won't stalk you or give your name/contact info to anyone.
So, that's all the blog business. I hadn't updated 4B in a while prior to this switch, mostly because I had been crazybusy with travel for PhD interviews, and as soon as I was home from that Match was here visiting for Spring Break. Things are going really well with him lately, with a few blips that I'll discuss in an upcoming post. I think I did pretty well with eating. There is always at least one date night where I have one or a few drinks too many (I always plan when I'm going to have a "free" night, yes I schedule when to lose control, LOL), then have morning after guilt and am tempted to restrict the next day, but I'm getting better about letting each day be a fresh slate instead of a chance to pay penance. We also definitely had fewer squabbles about when/where to eat on this visit, which was a relief.
Another thing I really wanted to tell y'all about but didn't want to post publicly was my 23andme results. Has anyone else heard of this or had this done (23andme.com)? Mine basically made me wonder how I could *not* have developed some major addiction/behavioral issue. I will put that at the top of my list for future posts also.
Okay chicas (I didn't have a single reader request access that was obviously male from their email address, but if I'm wrong and you are here representing the Y Chromosomed, feel free to speak up!), G. is informing me that we are 15 minutes late for his evening walk, so I need to go take care of him. Again, I was really touched by how many people requested blog access, and hope that I get the chance to get to know more of you a little better.
love y'all
6 comments:
It worked, and I'm in ... thanks for the invite! I would love to hear about your chromosome results and whether you think it's worth doing, legit, etc.
Haha being a mil bio phd student a lot of ppl I know have done that screen and asked me about it. Personally feels like too money for info that will likely leave me with more questions and fear! Good luck deciding where you are going for grad school- when do you have to decide? Also no sure how my name is gonna show up here when I post, but if it's w my full name can you screen or delete this til I figure out how to fix those settings?
Will your posts not show up in google reader anymore? This one didn't, but sometimes there's a delay. Anyway, I'm happy as long as I can still read somehow!
I'm really curious about the 23andme thing, I've never heard of it.
I'm glad things are good with Match! And I also plan nights to loosen up about food/drinks, although in retrospect I'm still always pretty rigid regardless.
Ooh, I've never heard of the 23 and me thing before. Interesting! Thanks for allowing me access haha! I've been too shy to comment before but I love your blog and I think you're wonderful. Now the stalkery comments are done, I'm glad your date night went well! :D
It worked--yay! Looking forward to the updates soon, glad to hear you had a good spring break!
Thanks for the add. I hadn't checked blogs since late last week, so I had missed your posts (and everyone else's).
I do think by going private, you'll feel a bit freer in what you write, and there are certainly a lot people who have followed you throughout the years.
Anyway, I hadn't known about this 23andme thing. It sounds interesting though.
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