Do I?

So my baby brothers birthday is on Friday.
I have a chance to have a date with my husband on Friday, kid free.
Next week is spring break for our locals.
Two weeks is spring break for non-locals.
Gas prices are $3.39-$3.63 for regular unleaded.

How would it work? I mean when would I go? I mean do I go? I am talking about going to visit my parents and "baby" brother. I do this trip multiple times a year so it isn't the drive. It is do I?

Of course no one can make the choice for me.
Of course I am welcome there. It is just that I have other places I like to go too and that would cut time in one place. Oh the decisions.

Do I go? What places do I visit?

Weekending 2 & 3

Well, Saturday I had an oops moment but I did not "check in" or read much less anything else I only typed in the web address.

Sunday, I am just now sitting down at the computer.

I think I can call this weekend a success.

Now I just have to motivate with the rest of my plans.

I MUST love God, Be a Wife, Take care of my kids and take care of myself.
I MUST clean off the desk.
I MUST pay the water bill.
I MUST teach school.
I MUST make meals.

Weekending Day 1

Well, Day 1 went ok on my quest to not be on social media (twitter & facebook). I did not uninstall the messaging from either my iPad or my cell phone. So yesterday I was checking my e-mail and I found that my dad had sent me a facebook message. My dad does not message much so I figured what he had to say was important. So I checked it.

It was semi-important. The first message was (I normally call every Friday and let the kids talk to their grandparents and I get to talk to them too) but my dad wanted me to know that they were taking their neighbor to the ER twice a day for IV fluids until Monday. The second message was letting me know that he was admitted to the hopsital.

While on facebook and waiting on the "messages" to load I saw that my mother in law had written me a message. It was there in front of me so I could not ignore it. So I did read it and I did respond to her but I did so via a text message. I would have called her except I wanted to include the picture.

So yesterday I spent about 2 minutes on facebook making sure that things were ok.

Weekending

For each weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) in March I am giving up facebook. I recently read a book called "Unfriend Yourself" and really most of it wasn't "new to me" but maybe the wording was.

I have a love for facebook. I hated it really and didn't know why anyone would want to use this when there was virtually no need. I mean didn't they talk to their friends? When push came to shove I jumped on the facebook bandwagon. Why? Reality is I needed to contact someone and I knew they were on facebook but I didn't have any contact information for them. It was what could work and did.

That was 6 or so years ago now. However, what I never thought of in perspective was how my communication with others has suffered. I'd rather not call people on the phone. I'd rather just send them a message. When I do talk to people they already know because I blabber mouthed it on facebook in my "status update" and honestly it isn't news to them and the idea of even caring plummets.

So March 2-4, March 9-11, March 16-18, March 23-25 I am committing to not using facebook. It will be hard for me. However, it will all be there when I log back on, right?

I encourage you to read the book. I got it for free a while back when it was offered to purchase for $0.00. I am glad I did.