catching up
Whenever I go away for a weekend (or more!), I rarely read blogs while I’m gone since I’m too busy doing other things! I’m always impressed by people who blog while on vacation…I usually just do a recap post when I get back. While I wouldn’t exchange my time spent doing things (hanging with friends and family!), that means that my google reader is out of control when I get back! It’s probably super nerdy, but I get a little stressed when my google reader is full. Silly, isn’t it? Well, I also feel like I miss out on a lot since, yes, I do consider my fellow bloggers to be friends, so I feel like I’m behind on your lives!
My general strategy for playing catch up is to read through each blog post of my favorite blogs, commenting on a post or two. For food blogs…I’m not going to lie…I generally just hit “mark all as read.” Maybe I’m a bad person, but when some people post three times per day, that adds up really quick! I’m more in the running realm of blogland anyway. The funny part is that I usually go through and “get rid” of the blogs I’m not going to read word-for-word and then save my absolute favorites for the end…that’s probably backwards and I should do it the other way, but I’ve always done it like that! I’m almost caught up, so I feel a little better about life. 
How do you “catch up” on blogs? Do you just hit “mark all as read” and start fresh? Read only your favorites? Skim them all? I’ve always wondered what other people do and if my blog makes the “must read” cut.
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I’ve been feeling super lazy lately! Maybe it’s the heat? Or all the good food I ate at home? Who knows. Either way, I got out of bed at 12:30pm yesterday (it’s a good thing I work evening shift…) after arriving home at 3:34am! Hopefully that’s the last time I land in Philly at 2am, although I must say…the traffic on the Schuylkill is awesome at three in the morning. I didn’t even try squeezing in a run and instead really didn’t do much of anything…what a waste of a day. Oh well, the weekend was worth it!
This morning I tried to get up early, but I didn’t end up getting out of bed until a little after 10. I always think that this is “late,” but then I remember that I didn’t go to bed until two in the morning, so it is eight hours of sleep…how wacky is my schedule?
Anyway. I was only going to run four miles today since I didn’t want to attack eight miles in the 90 degree weather, but then I decided it wouldn’t be so bad and headed out anyway. I must be nuts because the heat didn’t seem too bad! I took a route that I haven’t been on in a long time due to my time off from running and lower mileage, and it was lovely! Rolling hills (which means downhills too!), enough shade that I was sheltered from the sun, and a couple cars that almost ran me over…some things never change.
Tuesday, August 10
8.04 miles in 1:02:42, avg pace of 7:48
I think my running clothes weighed an extra four pounds when I took them off…talk about sweaty! Let’s not discuss the sports bra tan I’ve acquired…
i have my google reader organized into folders so i tend to do the same thing with my favorites
or if there are multiple new posts i will scan through them all and then comment on the newest one. i do keep an eye out for race reports though!
I do the exact same thing with my google reader.
I wish I were good at running in the heat, but I just can’t do it well. I think genetics has a lot to do with it…I’m just so much slower, and my body overheats. It’s kind discouraging, but I just keep reminding myself that fall will be here soon, and then winter…probably my fave running season, which is weird, I know.
I hit “Mark all as read” on my google reader… guilty!!
I’m lazy in the heat, too. I swear I can’t run over 6 miles. I miss winter (running).
I have been away for a while too, and haven’t read much. But then I saw you got a new job! I am happy for you. I have read your blog for a long time and hope the new job is more satisfying.
And to move to the big city, too. Welcome. One thing I can guarantee you: it will be different. I have lived in Texas and New York and everyone asks which is “better.” I just said life is simpler in Texas, and sometimes that is good and sometimes bad.
So be ready for the hurricane that is NYC in the fall and holiday season!
Like aron, I have folders in reader – daily reads, maybe reads, etc. I usually get behind and do go back and read all of my favorite blogs. That is why I will comment on a bunch of stuff at once
But I do have folders that I am okay with “marking all as read.”
We need to see this sports bra tan!
It stresses me out too when my reader gets super full! I always go in order, but I skim some and only ready through my faves
We have the same Google Reader strategy, and I also get “stressed” when it is full of blogs. Whenever I get back and there are a ton of unread blog posts, I tend to yell about it and get mad at the author for writing so many posts that are boring. Then I usually rant about it on my own blog.
Really, I should just stop paying lip service to people whose blogs I don’t like. Even if it hurts their feelings that I stop commenting, it’s better than just writing some insincere comment. (That’s my take on it anyway.)
I sort my G-reader the same way. Crap that I don’t want to deal with first and then save the ones that I really want to read for last. Although sometimes that means my favorites get pushed off for a long time.
OHh so true my clothes must weigh more from all the sweat…that’s my new excuse for any slow runs!!
I don’t usually post on vaca, cause it’s a time for me to be completely disconnected! Coming back I really want to catch up with folks, but again just skim and post on the big stuff.
i have the same ring as your friends, but mine is a round diamond (theirs looks princess cut?)…. you definitely need one