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I am so glad February is over. I don’t know why, but February is always a challenging month. Usually, it is only challenging financially, but this February was challenging emotionally, too.

Let me back up a moment. I happen to be blessed with the best dog ever. That’s her picture here (for scale, those tiles are a square foot). We’ve been together for 13 years come March 25. She has a few health issues — epilepsy, hip dysplasia, a thyroid condition and Cushing’s disease. Early in February, she started having bloody noses. After a few days, she started sneezing blood all over the place. It was a mess.

At first, we thought it could be a growth in her nose, and nasal growths are cancerous about 99% of the time. Then we discovered she had high blood pressure, probably caused by the Cushing’s, and that was causing the bloody noses.

Then, one night, she had a seizure and had a really hard time recovering from it. I thought she had had a stroke and I was going to have to put her down.

Thank God it was just a difficult seizure.

Anyway, I’ve now had about five blood-free days and she’s back to her chipper self. Phew! One February challenge over.

Also in February, someone hacked one of the websites (The Genre Traveler), which got me all paranoid about getting hacked. So I spent most of the month safe-guarding my websites. I have about 15, and I’m not done yet.

Of course, along the way, I screwed up a couple of times. I deleted all the content from The Product Midwife and have to re-build. And the upgrade for Women’s Business Gallery didn’t take. That’s why this didn’t get posted yesterday. I couldn’t get into the dashboard! I was freaked and thought I’d been hacked. But no, the upgrade to the latest version just didn’t install properly. I uploaded a script, ran it and presto! Here I am.

The third, and final challenge for February is ironically related to this month’s topic — Time Management for Women Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners. The first Monday of February, I started a new full-time job. It’s great. I’m having a blast and I’m further honing the skills I use to help you through the Women’s Business Gallery and The Product Midwife. The down side is, I have far less time than I used to.

But that’s O.K. It will help me put the tips and advice I’m going to offer you this month into better perspective. I hope you gain value from my posts and would love to hear from you if you do! Go ahead — send me an e-mail with your comments, suggestions, commiserations, whatever. I’m really here for you. Or, post a comment on this blog. That way all of us can benefit from your experience!