<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18268335</id><updated>2011-04-21T11:22:03.843-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Finding Mer</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://findingmer.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18268335/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://findingmer.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Meredith</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18268335.post-113023945688957253</id><published>2005-10-25T03:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-25T04:55:17.576-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Saying Good Bye</title><content type='html'>Its happened once, I got over it. It happened again and I got a little freaked - the thought of it happening again made me throw up in my mouth a little.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My site has been found once again, but this time by a fellow co-worker. Its ok, I'm not mad, - so not mad in the least because I like this co-worker. But it got me to thinking about this site, what I wanted and where it was going. It got me thinking about all the "what if's" and "might happens" and it freaked me a little bit. It actualy threw fuel to an already ignited fire.  It made my final decision very apparent:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My professional life and my private life &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; remain separate entities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I complained once about privacy, I even yelled at myself for sticking my foot in my mouth a second time, but it seems like this was not meant to be a secret. I've learned a lot since I started this here blog and now I know if I want to be anonymous I have to take certain measures and actions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lately I've been thinking a lot about stopping this blog, I've fought with the idea for well over a month now. I guess it started at about the time that Kenny found the site and I realized that family was still reading it. That's fine, I love my sister and I don't hide things from her, but I'd much rather her hear things from me and not from this site - I don't know, that's just me I guess.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was caught in my own inner conflict - I was on a sea saw where one minute I tipped the scale thinking of keeping this site and on the other hand stopping it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've decided to end this website address. I've decided to take a little break. I have created another site, but this one will remain 100% anonymous to those who know me in the flesh - the way it should have been from day 1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course there are a few people out there in cyberspace that I will be more than happy to forward my new address to so please email me (&lt;a href="mailto:findingmer@hotmail.com"&gt;findingmer@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;) and I will be more than happy to do so. But it will be a little while before I start writing to it. I need a break. I will also be writing from the comfort of my own home as well so posts might not appear on a daily basis. Sorry, dem is the breaks. My job is more important.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you work in an office and know anything about professionalism, you'll understand why I've decided to do what I have done. I feel very calm about my decision and its alleviated a ton of concern. I'm upset that I will lose readers and perhaps even interest, but its a chance I am willing to take.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. If you try to search "Finding Mer" - this is what you will get. I've changed the name on my new site and I've even deleted pictures to remain true to my wishes to be 100% anonymous.  Love you all - snoochy noochies.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S.S. - Thank you all thus far and be well.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18268335-113023945688957253?l=findingmer.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://findingmer.blogspot.com/feeds/113023945688957253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18268335&amp;postID=113023945688957253&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18268335/posts/default/113023945688957253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18268335/posts/default/113023945688957253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://findingmer.blogspot.com/2005/10/saying-good-bye.html' title='Saying Good Bye'/><author><name>Meredith</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
