On Monday, I woke up and found out my blog was down. And I was all like…

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I immediately contacted my host provider to find out the issue. 

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Except there was no way to get them on the phone. They don't even have a customer service line.

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So I was forced to confront them on twitter.

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They said it was another DDoS attack. The same kind of attack that had kept their entire platform down for FIVE DAYS earlier this month.

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Interesting. Didn't they say they had solved that problem the last time?

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I was angry.

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Like, REALLY ANGRY.

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They said they were working on it and it would be back up and running soon. But I had heard that one before.

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I asked if they were planning on reimbursing us for the business lost.

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I told them there were people counting on me to make them feel better about their own lack of parenting skills!

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I worried I had lost my readers FOREVER!

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Finally, I realized there was nothing I could do but wait.

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And wait.

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Well. There was one thing I could do.

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Two things, actually.

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Then I got myself into a very Zen place.

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Maybe life was better without having to write a blog every day?

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Maybe a little more sleep and a little less #babysuiting wouldn't be a bad thing?

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Would anybody even care?

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Maybe I could actually relax and enjoy myself for once!

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But then I got scared.

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What would I do without Mommy Shorts? 

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I love this blog almost more than anything.

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I called my web developer to ask for an ETA on the blog platform switch. 

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They said about two more months.

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That sounds doable, right?

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Thanks to everyone who submitted photos of their kids on my facebook page while my blog was down. It helped make the outage a lot more fun.

XO, Mommy Shorts