It's Been A While

I haven't blogged in six months (since my birthday).  Not really sure what happened there...things got crazy.  Life is so much better now - new job, less stress.

So why the return?  Part of my new job is to work on social media strategy for my brand.  I've been thinking and talking a lot about blogging, Facebook and Twitter.  It made me nostalgic for my blog.

Probably the big highlight from my summer was my bird flu.  It wasn't the real bird flu - it was my own special version.  I was attacked by a bird on Father's Day.  It latched onto my head and cut my scalp open.  It was scary while it was happening, but hysterical in retrospect.  Then I got sick.  Really severe flu symptoms that persisted for five weeks.  I stopped eating. I slept all the time - the usual.  By the time I decided to go to the doctor (week 5) I was convinced I had a terrible disease or that I had the bird flu.  The doctor told me I was pregnant (I'm not) and I had to spend a considerable amount of time convincing her otherwise before she would run tests.  Basically it came down to me telling her that I hadn't had sex in two years (no longer true - yeah me!) and unless someone broke into my apartment, had sex with me while I was sleeping and I didn't notice, there was no way I was pregnant.  Another two weeks and many tests later, my doctor informs me I'm a bacteria farm and in danger of my internal organs shutting down.  Two flights of serious antibiotics and another four weeks of resting and I kicked the bird flu.

Speaking of being pregnant...my idiot boss from my last job decided not to inform anyone outside our department that I left the company.  Not sure what the thinking was there, but she's now lost four people and just doesn't feel the need to tell anyone.  The contractor that took over for me has started getting emails asking when I'm coming back from maternity leave.  I'm considering a fake baby announcement, registering at Target and collecting gifts.  If the gifts are from Target then, I can return and buy a Wii.  Seems like a win-win situation!

Back to work and my social media marketing.  If anyone is reading this (and if you are I'm shocked!) do you use twitter?  How many tweets do you send/receive in a day?  What are your other favorite community sites?