1 Week FB Free

Well, it's been 1 week since I deactivated my FB account.  It has been bitter-sweet.

On the bitter side, I have missed all my friends and what is going on in their lives and seeing them via pictures.  One friend's air-conditioning went out (I found out later by a good old fashioned phone call to another friend), and if I would've known, I would've invited her and her sweet children over.  I have a couple friends who are pregnant and would love to know what is going on with them.  We had a horrible lightning storm a few nights ago where there was lots of cloud to ground lightning and it was striking all over our neighborhood.  The next day I was thinking: I wonder what Amy, Erin & Amanda thought of that.  Okay, on that one, it was as simple as, they are my neighbors and it would just take a short walk to their houses to ask them. - haha! - but sometimes the instant gratification of knowing without exiting the house is satisfying.  On another note, I also miss keeping in contact with my family and seeing their pics.

Now onto the sweet side.  I have freed up so much of my time.  I actually cleaned my house from top to bottom on the first floor.  The cleanest it's been in a long time.  I started to write my book again.  I hadn't worked on that in a while.  But most importantly, my kids are asking me to play or asking for help and I'm not saying "Just a minute" and then a half hour later they're asking again and again I'm saying "Just a minute", etc. etc.  I've had so much fun with them this week.  Together we have played board games, Wii games, Lincoln Logs, Legos, had movie nights, gone swimming and the like.  We have had a lot of fun together and I don't have the guilty feeling of not paying enough attention to my kids.  Matt has said that he is proud of me for making the decision to get off of fb and pay more attention to our family.  (Sadly enough, I neglected him too.)  And hardly anything gives me more pleasure than having my spouse tell me how proud he is of me.  I have also actually talked to friends on the phone and heard their voices.  Amazing.  They have voices and aren't all statuses on a web page.

So, am I happy I made the decision to deactivate facebook?  I wouldn't exactly describe it as happy...I think it was the right thing for me to do.  I'm not unhappy, but I do miss keeping up with my friends.  With that being said, I LOVE all the time I'm spending with my family and getting stuff done here.  Maybe someday I will reactivate my account.  But as for now, I'm trying my best to be a great wife, mom, teacher and friend without it.