I feel like I owe you guys an apology. I have been a horrible blogger and an even worse commenter, and I apologize for that. I’m especially sorry that I have fallen behind with 2 On Tuesday and just got around to catch up this weekend. Please forgive me.
About three weeks ago, I got sick with a sinus infection. This coincided with a visit to the doctor from hell, and due to her caring ministrations, I never got well. About a week later, I broke down and went to another doctor, and was told my sinus infection had developed into acute bronchitis. Lovely. Long story short – I cannot shake this bronchitis. I’m tired to the bone; really, the kind of exhaustion that makes you struggle to get out of bed and even move every day. I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but I’m slowly getting on the mend. At least I hope so.
This sweet baby has been sick as well. Poor bug! I got called on Wednesday to come pick him up from daycare because he was running a 104 degree fever. He ran that fever for two days, and since it broke he’s just been extremely lethargic and whiny. For the entire weekend, he has just wanted to be held by me or Jason. Today he has slept the majority of the day. We aren’t sure what’s wrong – he’s on an antibiotic and a steroid to clear his lungs. Tonight he broke out in a rash all over his stomach and I’m hoping that is just because his fever has broken.
Here are a few more Halloween pictures of my precious Elmo…
My dad’s company, SCE&G, had an awesome Halloween party on the Friday night before Halloween. They had a catered dinner, a bonfire for marshmallows, jump castles, hay rides, scary stuff for the older kids, and all kind of games. Cooper had a blast playing the games and staring at the older kids in their costumes.
On Halloween night, we went to a Trunk or Treat event at a local church. Cooper was hilarious! He would march himself up to each car and hand out his bucket for candy. I tried to hold the bucket for him, but even when it got heavy, he just would not let it go. He wanted to sleep with his candy that night!
Jason and I got to go on a date night last weekend and we decided to go see Footloose. I was so torn on whether or not I wanted to see it. I’m a purist when it comes to dance movies – movies like Dirty Dancing and Footloose have no business being remade.
That said, I LOVED it. I thought they did an amazing job with staying true to the original while updating it for the current time. My worst fear was that they were going to do a hip-hop Footloose, and while there was one hip-hop dance, I thought it fit in. Julianne Hough was a great actress, and the guy who played Ren was a phenomenal actor. The sidekick, Willard, made the movie. I loved that they kept the final dance the same, and the Ren & Ariel even wore the outfits from the original movie.
Two thumbs up! Go see it!
I have a bit of a nail polish problem. I’ve picked these all up within the last week. Someone stop me, please.
I’ve had a rough couple of weeks with blogging. Honestly, I’ve been on the verge of shutting the blog down for quite awhile now. Only the fact that I love the community I’ve created has stopped me.
These are some of my tweets from Saturday… read from the very bottom up.
I’ve seen so much hate lately on the webs that just hurts my heart. People I thought were friends have talked about me behind my back. “Friends” have made heartless, cruel statements that they try to excuse by saying they were jokes. Long time blogging friendships have come to a natural ending. I’m just worn out, and it came to a head for me Saturday morning when I got a nasty blog email.
You can see above my thought process. I was very, very close to pulling down my blog and walking away from it all. At that point in time, it wasn’t worth it to me anymore. I didn’t feel like I got enough love and support to balance out all the attacks and harsh words.
Jason and I had a long talk about the situation, and he feels as if I would really regret ending the blog, if I chose to do so. He’s probably right. I’ve been blogging since 2008, and three years of friendships and hard work are hard to walk away from. He asked me to sit on this until 2012, and I’ve agreed to do so. I do promise you if I decide to shut down My Chihuahua Bites! that I will let you know first and give you a way to stay in contact with me. I do not plan to take my blog private – at least not for the purpose of continuing the blog. If I went private, it would just be to “save” the blog.
I do want to say thank you, so much, to all of you who have read this blog, prayed for me, supported me, and been my friend. You make blogging worthwhile, and I love you to pieces.
Please come back tomorrow and participate in 2 On Tuesday! Tomorrow’s topic is:
What’s on your Christmas wish list? What do you want to receive from Santa?
17 comments:
WOW girl, I had no idea you have been "under attack" for lack of better words! I so wish you would have called, we can talk about the situation without talking about the people. You have my number if you want to chat.
I love your blog and know I do not stand alone when I say I don't want MCB going anywhere. I do however understand you're feelings. I will say this, the same thing I tell Honey, although I know what you're going through is not the end of the world nor will it define your future it is what is going on in your right here and now. I get the pain, sadness and anger and believe you are justified in feelings any emotion you seem fit to feel.
Please feel better.
Love you,
~S
I'm SO with you about that tweet! I'm so sick of "fake" people! I know it's the internet, but if someone claims to be your friend, you hope that by being a friend they will be there with you through everything!
It's ridiculous!!
I'm also obsessed with nail polish and I just pick it off the same day!!
And you have such a cute Elmo!! :)
Oh no...look, I only recently discovered you/MCB and I'd be ridiculously bummed if you shut down! Hang in there and kick the fakers to the curb!
Oh, Andrea! I knew you were frustrated, but I didn't realize that it was this bad.
You, of all people, do not deserve hateful tweets or emails. Please know that we (ESPECIALLY ME!!!!) love you! You are an amazing, strong, beautiful inside and out, woman.
I'm here if you want to talk. Anytime! (Really. I'm an insomnia. I'm up all night.)
I have an old blogger blog that I took down so no one can see it, but I still have access to it so I can read what I wrote. I keep thinking of saving some of the posts, but I never got around to it. LOL
I love nail polish! I have the excuse moi one one now and LOVE it. Seriously.
I hope you and Cooper feel better soon! Being sick is never fun.
Cooper was a very cute Elmo btw. :)
I go back and forth all the time on whether I should delete my blog or not. I have even considered creating a new anonymous (no names or face pics) blog. I always talk myself out of it though.
Hope you feel better soon!
I'm sorry you've been getting so much negativity from people, they can be so mean sometimes. Don't let anyone's nastiness make you delete your blog if that's not what you want to do. Do what makes YOU happy, and don't worry about anyone else!
:( I hope you don't end up going away. I'd be so bummed - I look forward to your posts and I find myself agreeing with nearly everything you write.
I love your blog and I hope you don't take it down. Although your reasons would definitely be justified. Unfortunately the negative will always be there but know there are people who do love your blog and support you and pray for you! Keep your head up!
Also, I hope you and Cooper start feeling better!
Hope you feel better soon and keep your blog, I love reading it!
Too bad there isn't an antibiotic you can take to get rid of the bacteria on your blog/twitter. People are so brave when it comes to the internet and will say things they wouldn't dare say to your face. Try not to let them get you down. You are obviously awesome. People are always trying to bring great people down to feel better about themselves.
Seriously, you seem like such a sweet person, who would attack you like that? Face it, women are naturally catty and snippy, that's why I really don't have a lot of friends and I choose it to be like that. Much rather have men friends! People who attack like that are just haters and really not worth your time and effort. It may be hard, but I would just ignore them and not let them have the satisfaction knowing that you are bothered by them.
Even though I don't comment on your blog a whole lot, it doesn't mean I don't read it faithfully every day! I'd be sad if you stopped blogging because I really do enjoy your posts!!
The first thing I want to say is that I have never seen a cuter Elmo!!! What a little cutie!!
I had no idea you've been under attack. That's just horrible! I would hate to see you give up your blog because of a few nasty people, but I can understand wanting to get away from the negativity.
Hope you and Cooper are feeling better.
I am SO sorry girl. I had NO idea. I am very upset to see what has been going on in that pretty head of yours {{{HUGS}}} Not too long ago, I was talking to two of my IRL Twitter friends and I was telling them how much I loved your blog and you as a person. I told them to you are a “true” person and how your blog is my favorite.
I really am shocked that you have been attacked. It hurts my heart. I wish I could help you out and if I can please let me know. I know I have not been commenting on blogs for a while, because truth is, I am burned out on the social media world too. I have seen way too many people attack other people. I too was attacked for something I said and that I believe in. It was hurtful and it cut me to the core. I was depressed and felt worthless for two days. Two days I let somebody steal my joy from me. Slowly I have come back to social media but not without trust issues.
I just wanted you to know that I truly wish you nothing but pure joy in your life. If you ever need to talk or vent, I am here for you!
Love Ya!
I don't know you very well and I don't blog much at all. But from what I've read on here, you seem to be so sweet and you really truly have a huge heart. I think you care for people like I do and you don't always get it in return. And it really does hurt. You're a BEAUTIFUL person and I really enjoy reading your blog. DON'T change for anyone, sweetie!
First of all I’m so sorry that you and Cooper have been under the weather. I’m glad you managed to have a nice Halloween. Little man looks adorable in his costume.
Yay for date night and I’m glad the movie was good. I’ll definitely watch it when it comes out on DVD. How cute are you in that outfit btw? I love your leopard cardi.
As far as the blog goes, I’m really glad you’re keeping it. You know I disappeared for a few months, but I just needed a break. There were times I contemplated not coming back, but in the end I couldn’t do it and I’m enjoying being back. I’m not forcing it and if I don’t have anything to say, I’m not going to post just for the sake of posting.
I can’t imagine anyone talking about you and I’m sorry you’ve been a victim of hate. You of all people do not deserve that. You’ve always been so honest and genuine and I’ve always respected that.
There are definitely way more cliques than ever and it’s not the same as it was back in 2008 when I started. Sometimes I think Twitter has something to do with it, but who knows.
Anyway, I’m just an email away if you ever need to talk. {Hugs}
That is the 1st of any of those tweets I have seen! Don't know how I missed them but I am sorry you are having a hard time. Hope it get sbetter and i certainly hope you feel better soon! Being sick sucks!
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