The past always comes back in one way or another. In the last 24 hours, I have heard from (in one form or another) 2 people from my past.
As many of you know, I recently moved my web site to my own domain name. Having this new service allows me to see the statistics of my web site. Within those statistics you will find tons of information about what visitors look at on my site, what files are accessed the most, what domain names are visiting my site (as well as specific IP addresses) and what countries the URL’s are coming from. Someone who I haven’t been in contact with for quite awhile is checking out my web site and reading my blog. I know this because I can see the IP address or URL and there is no other person I know who would be visiting my site from that state or that URL. As it turns out, this persons visits access more on my site then anyone else, except for myself, that is. I hope this post doesn’t scare that person away from continuing to check out the site or the blog. I would hope they enjoy seeing what changes on the site and what’s going on in my life enough to write about it in my blog. So a question enters my mind. Why doesn’t this person send me an e-mail or comment? They could simple say, “Hey, I’m enjoying your site.” As a matter of fact, I hardly get any comments or e-mails about my site or blog. Not that I’m begging for them or anything. I just think it would be interesting to hear from people who are checking out my site and hear what they think about it. Maybe sending an e-mail or a comment gives up that anonymity that so many people enjoy while visiting web sites. Who knows.
Last night right after sweet Brad went home, after spending a few hours with me watching the news and catching up, I got a phone call from a guy I knew in college. He and I were very good friends in college. At one time I had a huge crush on this guy but he let me know that I wasn’t his type. No problem. We stayed good friends anyway. He graduated a year before me but stayed in touch for a few years after college. The last time I talked to him was 5 years ago. He said he was going through his phone book and saw my number and thought he’d call. Pretty wild. So we chatted and caught up on each other’s lives. Kinda cool how you can not stay in touch with someone for so long but as soon as you pick up the phone it’s like no time has passed. We had a nice chat and decided to get together soon to have a dinner. It’ll be good to see him again. It’s been so long.