You May Have Noticed

As a few of you may have noticed, I took my blog offline for a week or so. I had a bit of a scare at work; I thought a co-worker may have inadvertently discovered my blog. I had worried about that possibility when I first started this, but that fear had subsided, and I honestly hadn’t thought much about it lately.

It’s a bit weird what we all do out here in blogland, at least for me it is. I let it all out, I write about stuff I’ve kept bottled up for years, and vent about things and share stories about my past, personal stories that help you understand how I got to be who I am today. But writing it is therapy too, putting it into words helps me let go of some things, or even discover a bit as I write, thinking things through while at the keyboard.

It’s not all like that, of course, some of what I write is just for fun, and some is the “what I ate for breakfast” type of stuff. But a lot of it isn’t. And it’s that more personal stuff that made me wig out and take my blog offline when I thought I had been discovered.

A friend at work came across the name “abitibisouth” that I had been using for another application. He would have never made the connection that that was me, except that I also used my real picture for that application. So he came to see me first thing in the morning and said “hey, I found you on *application name*, I didn’t know you were on there” And he got a blank look from me as my stomach sank into my shoes. “Oh and what’s with that name “Atibitisomething south” or whatever it is.

Ok good, he doesn’t quite remember the name, so as soon as he left my desk, and hopefully before he could Google it and find my blog, I went private. Then I switched my name on the application. And with the help of a dear sweet helpful friend, I think I killed any other possible way of him backtracking to find the blog again.

Unless. Unless of course he wrote down the name and/or remembers it. In that case, he is reading this right now. Because as you can see, I am back live.

Why?

Well, the fact is I enjoy this. It’s a wonderful outlet and the support of the regular readers that I’ve accumulated (all half dozen of you) means so very much to me.

I had to think very hard about what would happen if in fact this blog was discovered by my coworkers and I decided that I will deal with it head on if and when that happens. The unfortunate consequence would be that it would likely change the way I write, and certain posts would vanish, so I really hope that doesn’t happen. So Andy, if you’re reading this, I would really prefer it if you kept it to yourself.

That’s all for now, more to talk about tomorrow. I just wanted to let you all know that I’m back.