So . . . I DID IT! I FINISHED ALL MY POSTS! YAY, ME!!
Ahem, now that is out of my system, I will tell you all the trials and tribulations that nearly did my A to Z in.
To start off with, I was in way better shape than last year. I only had to M scheduled when April came about last year. This year I had up to Q or R (But not N. Nope, N was being a pest.) scheduled along with Z and Y. Anyway, I was finishing up my remaining posts when --- WHAM! I got sick --- again. On Friday the 3rd I came down with some scavy disease that killed me for a week. Joy!
Cough syrup and fake NyQuil déjà vu time! With doses of Halls and Vitamin C lozenges.
Last year it happened at the end of the month. I think it was a similar bug because I ran an almost identical course.
This put me behind my finishing the incomplete posts. Since I don't have a computer at home anymore (Wah! Want my lappy fixed!), I used my work computer. The iPad works, but it freezes too much and it is a freaking impossible to put a picture in the blog.
Then, I finally get well and go back to working on my posts when --- WOO HOO! -- the internet goes down all blipping day. A fiber-optic line had been cut deliberately --OOO! Sabotage! -- and that put the kibosh on any attempt to finish the last three.
So I finally get my V and X post done. Let's say the X post was done only the day before it was due.
Now, I will totally gush about my awesome people that came back over and over again.
Sara -- She had some fantastic story pieces that had to do with trees. She was with me all 26 letters!
Natasha -- She wandered the lore of books, movies, and TV to find some of the coolest demons and gods from them.
A Tarkabarka Hölgy -- She delved into Hungarian history for the strangest ways to die on her blog Mopdog and Epics from around the world on her other blog, Multicolored Diary.
Patricia -- She had some gorgeous stories that ranged from dark to funny with awesome words for prompts.
There are others that are noteworthy to mention: Nick Wilford, J. H. Moncrieff, and S. L. Hennessy and probably more that I'm forgetting.
Visit all of them because they all have wonderful A to Z posts and are just cool peeps!
So I thank everyone who visited!
And now the whiny bits. The only real beef I had was when I could not follow a blog through email. I don't have google+ or bloglovin' or any of that (nor do I want it). I really don't mind capcha so that wasn't a problem. The other big problem was when I went to look for the A to Z posts and they are hidden or nonexistent on a page. I really don't want to hunt and peck through a bunch of stuff to find it Other than that, I had a blast finding new and unusual blogs.
Now that is over I have just one more thing to say:
Congratulations on finishing A to Z. See you all next year!
AND FOR ALL YOU STAR WARS GEEKS, NERDS, FREAKS, FIENDS, AND FANS,
Ugh. I would have been freaking out over the internet going down when I had challenge posts to finish. You did it though, so hooray!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the shoutout too. =)
oh trust me i did freak until i took a moment to figure out that i could actually finish x on w day.
DeleteI love the spirit of this reflections post. Congrats on making it through and I hope you do it healthy next year.
ReplyDeleteme too. I like being healty.
Deletethank you.
Congrats to you as well!
May the 4th be with you too! :) I really enjoyed your blog, and learned some new things from it, which is just as good, both because I'm a storyteller and because I have pagan friends :) And thank you for the shout outs and all the visits! I really enjoyed your comments on both blogs.
ReplyDeleteCheers! Let's keep in touch!
@TarkabarkaHolgy from
Multicolored Diary
MopDog
love your blogs. Not a prob, I like shouting out awesome peoples.
DeleteWow! You had a lot of obstacles to overcome this month and still managed to finish the Challenge! Congrats :) I felt the same often about some blogs, where you can comment only with special profiles. Though i enjoyed reading them, it frustrated me to not being able to answer or share my thoughts.
ReplyDeleteYep, life is complicated enough. I don't want to have a thousand accounts that i don't need.
DeleteThanks for visiting my blog--I'm so glad we "met" during the Challenge. And congrats for finishing, even with all life threw at you!
ReplyDeleteYou are awesome!
you are awesome back! Loved your blog. I saw it from another bloggers post and thought cool lets go visit.
DeleteYay, May the 4th. I like Chewie's chow bucket hehe.
ReplyDeleteGads, sounds like you got to run the gauntlet of blogging horrors. But you made it! Hooray! I'm even more amazed by you now for getting through all that. I absolutely loved your posts, and you've given me some new books to read. Good stuff. And thank you for the shout out! You're making me feel all warm and fuzzy. :D
You're welcome. I loved every post you did this year!
DeleteI tried so hard not to stress out and make myself vulnerable to illness, but then I picked something up from one of the little kids at story hour. Gah!
You gave me warm and fuzzys too!
Congrats on completing the A to Z Challenge! Looking forward to next year! See you on the Road Trip!
ReplyDeleteMary @ www.JingleJangleJungle.net
Hello there.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on completing the challenge! You certainly had your fair share of troubles. I didn't get to visit your blog during the crazy month of April so I'm popping over today from the Road Trip/Reflections linky.
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