UPDATE: http://faustasblog.com is back! HURRAH!!
I got up this morning, checked the stats for http://faustasblog.com and found over 7,000 visitors yesterday, a new record, and 300 by 7AM. So I did a post and then when I went to view the blog itself, I found these words of doom:
BANDWITH LIMIT EXCEEDED
The grieving process started at exactly 8:15AM:The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later.
Apache/1.3.37 Server at www.faustasblog.com Port80
Denial and shock: At first, it may be difficult for you to accept the death
It can’t be! Just when I’m starting to get good volume! And I had 53 good comments on one post yesterday! No! No!
Anger: During this stage the most common question asked is "why me?".
Actually, this stage went more like this: AAAARRGHHH!!
$^#&% &%&$*!!! &*%&$* Blogger!!
When given some social support and respect . . .
In a panic, I email several friends who turned out to be at least as clueless as myself. I called another friend who actually makes a living on computer stuff and who turned out to be the same. Then I emailed The Cotillion ladies, and was invited to post there. I reposted the post that got all the traffic this week, A hypotheses on why men's lives are more difficult nowadays.
. . . you will eventually become less angry and able to move into the next stage of grieving.
Bargaining: Many students try to bargain with some sort of diety.
I emailed blogger. Read through the Blogger site to see
1. what the bandwith limits are
2. how to increase them.
Found absolutely nothing. What kind of idiots are they? Shouldn't the purpose of a free site be to entice people to actually buy the product? Is Google making so much money they don't need to SELL??
Guilt: You may find yourself feeling guilty for things you did or didn't do prior to the loss. Forgive yourself. Accept your humanness.
Went to typepad and opened new blog. Should have done it earlier. Reposted the post I had done on Blogger.
Depression: You may at first experience a sense of great loss.
The whole thing is FRIED! FRIED!
Loneliness: As you go through changes in your social life because of the loss, you may feel lonely and afraid.
And all those visitors will never come back! And my links! And the meter! Noooo!
Acceptance: Acceptance does not mean happiness. Instead you accept and deal with the reality of the situation.
So now I'll have to tell everybody about the new address. Peachy.
Hope: Eventually you will reach a point where remembering will be less painful and you can begin to look ahead to the future and more good times.
I"ll blog some more. . . on Monday.
(crossposted at The Cotillion
Darn, that was a great post! and so was the one on children!!
On the bright side, you are off blogger!!
Posted by: beth donovan | August 25, 2006 at 01:14 PM
Have a Margarita babe!!
Posted by: Greta (Hooah Wife) | August 25, 2006 at 01:17 PM
Aw Fausta, I know exactly what you're going through. I went through those exact same stages of grief when my first Common Sense Runs Wild blog suddenly disappeared from...er, TypePad.
Hm, maybe you should make sure you keep disk backups of everything just to be safe.
(When your site finally shows back up don't forget the URL redirect.)
Posted by: Janette | August 25, 2006 at 01:20 PM
Have a Margarita, babe!
Or two!!
Posted by: Fausta | August 25, 2006 at 01:56 PM
my condolences, hang onto the hope
Posted by: Jane | August 25, 2006 at 02:19 PM
Fausta, your blog is fixed. You're on my server, remember? :) This is probably the only day in 3 months that I never had time to check my email at work, so I didn't see your post at Cotillion til just a few minutes ago. I bumped your bandwidth up, hopefully this helps.
Posted by: Tammy | August 25, 2006 at 02:34 PM
Thank you Tammy!
Posted by: Fausta | August 25, 2006 at 02:59 PM
No problem, glad I could help. I just wish I'd seen your post earlier in the day.
Posted by: Tammy | August 25, 2006 at 04:03 PM