sans-facebook

I almost forgot to blog today. Its not been a spectacularly amazing day, just full of stuff that made me forget. I was able to go to North Phoenix and see one of my high-school friends bless her first baby. That was awesome! But, I always forget how freaking far the drive to North Phoenix is. This is the friend that convinced me to look for a job down here. I found one in Gilbert and told her and she was like, "awesome! That's only an hour away!" It's so crazy! I spent 2 hours on the road today. But, its worth it to support friends in such a good cause. And its the first time I saw her baby, who is such a cute big little man. Both she and her husband are ~6+ feet tall and so this little 2 month old is the size of a 4 month old. But super cute! :)

One quick update too: I am eating normal now. I don't have the appetite for white flour products I used to have. I still try to eat a salad for lunch everyday. And sugar gives me a headache every time I eat it. I should stop eating it right? But, when I go to someone's house for a party (or like today at break-the-fast) I can't help myself...those cinnamon rolls are too tempting. Alas...headache. Thank goodness for tylenol/ibuprofen/aspirin/etc. :)

So, onto my week without facebook. It actually wasn't this last week. It was the week before that. It was harder than I thought it would be. I'm not on facebook a lot...probably about an hour total all week. But, I will check it a lot to keep up with what people are doing. For example: when I'm at work and rounding on patients in the hospital. If I'm on a particular floor to see a patient and that patient is occupied for a min (in the bathroom, with a chaplain, etc) I would check facebook on my smartphone until I could go in. This was more to occupy my mind. When I had committed to no facebook, I got really antsy at these times. But, I solved my problem and downloaded a book onto my phone. Now I perused the pages of my book instead of facebook. This is probably a better activity for my mind too.

One of the funniest things I found with my sans-facebook time was I think a lot in "status updates". Looking back at my postings on facebook, I don't really post a lot of status updates. However, it seemed I was always thinking in terms of what I was doing and how I could make it sound interesting to other people on an update. (and of course, now I can't think of an example! ha!) I still think I will try to spend less time over all on facebook. I really have more important things to do with my time. But it is a great way to keep in touch with old friends. That is the blessing of Facebook. So, even though I have my moments of bashing on it, I will continue to use it for the time being.

I want to tell you all who read this blog one thing: Thank you! Even if you don't post comments, that doesn't really matter all that much to me. I try to read all your blogs too, and I hardly ever post. But I still love you all! :)

Preview of next week: The HAPPIEST place on Earth: DISNEYLAND!!!!