High School

J. is amused by the fact that several of his high school friends (ladies!) are now Facebook friends of mine. I don't really know them - might have met some of them at a reunion way back when - but as so many Facebook friends are, I'm not seeing them regularly nor having any kind of meaningful dialog or interaction with them. We just encourage each other in our farming - we now co-op farm together on occasion - and as any co-op farmer on Farmville will tell you, you can never have too many neighbors. The more, the merrier. Makes the tasks go more quickly and ensures you'll have a steady supply of puppy chow, building materials and fuel for your tractors, harvesters and seeders now and then when needed. It's amusing - and relaxing - to farm in a virtual way.

As much as I resisted Facebook (and boy, did I ever!), I am enjoying it. I've reconnected with people that I've missed. Still missing some I can't find. Such is life. But those I've reconnected with have been fun and lovely and it feels 'enriching'. I 'chat' more with family and friends on IM than I do on the phone - and that works for me 'cuz I'm not a big phone person. Sure, I'll answer when it rings and I'll converse with whomever is on the other end of the phone line - but I 'chat' so much easier when it's an IM conversation. I have no idea why - maybe because I spend huge chunks of my day conversing with dozens of people; because I have to make presentations in public.....whatever the reasons, writing is always my preferred method - and IM'ing on Facebook is fun. I chat with co-workers, cousins, my sister. Even sometimes J. - who will send me a 'poke' on Facebook when he's sitting 2 feet from me. As always, we have some of our best 'conversations' when we're not conversing verbally at all.

Chatting on Facebook is something that just happens all the time - a steady string of 'discussions'. Some private; some not. It's fun and entertaining and has really connected me to some wonderful people that I'm happy to get to know - and reconnected me to some that I have missed and feel so blessed to have been in touch with. It's been so much fun 'catching up' across the miles.

Life can be isolating sometimes. Facebook helps bridge that gap for me. And if any of J.'s high school friends will be attending his next reunion, I might be inclined to go - since I've 'met' them online and would like to meet them in person.

It is 5:45AM and I am heading out the door to work. It's Friday!! I should be more excited about that than I am - but at the moment, there's a wee bit of 'overwhelmed' brewing in my head and things feel a bit like they are caving in on top of me. It will pass....but at the moment, the weekend is just two more days of a never-ending list of things I must do, should do, need to do.....

It will pass..........