Two questions…

This past Friday night, as I was blogging  organizing for my garage sale I began to realize a few things and ponder over some questions that came up.

It was 9pm on a Friday night and our blog stats had plummeted to almost nothing. I was in shock! Where were the blog readers? Was I the only one spending Friday night in front of my computer, eating a bowl of chips and wearing yoga pants even though I didn’t ‘work out’ once that day? So, my first question is: What does everyone doing at 9pm on a Friday night?

I had just tucked Journey in bed and I hopped online to just browse around. I knew what Reneca was doing; she had just gotten home from a marriage dedication and was putting her children to bed. So, what was everyone else doing?

Out tearing up the night?! Or sipping martinis at some chic nightclub?! What the heck! I felt like–where are all the bloggers?!

I was left a little speechless because I enjoy seeing the rise and not so much the fall of our blog stats. When I see that black blue line peak I get excited. But seeing it drop so low made me wonder. It’s probably silly that I check the stats anyway. Could just be because I am so new to blogging that I check it like I used to check my daughters breathing while they would sleep as babies. It’s kind of like a ritual. I log on, check my stats, browse my fav. bloggers and blog surf.

So, that brings me to my second question. Are you a blog stats checker? How often do you check your stats? and is it “cool” to do? Or am I being so lame by caring how many people click on my posts? Maybe I should be more focused on other things? I don’t know. I feel like I will always check my stats even if I had over a thousand a day. That’s just the way I am. I remember when I was in High School I would want to know the exact percentage I was so that if I was below an  A I knew how many more points I needed to raise my grade.

I will feel somewhat fulfilled if I only knew the answers to those two questions. Please let me know; What are you doing at 9pm on a Friday night? and Are you a blog stats checker? I’m really looking forward to hearing what you have to say!

Kalisha