What was I thinking?

Did you ever attend a party and once you got there regretted you went out in the first place?  Introverts know what I am talking about.

“The typical introvert tends to have difficulty adjusting to social situations.”

That’s the first and final time you will catch me quoting Carl Jung.

Anyway, after a week in the Facebook community that is precisely how I feel.  First of all I said I would NEVER have a Facebook account.  Hopefully you (nor God) heard me say that.  In previous years, God has heard me say I would NEVER have more than 2 children, NEVER homeschool, NEVER go back to attending Sunday evening church services and NEVER counsel people.  God giggles when I use the word NEVER.

Second, I have an email account, a blog, a house phone, a cell phone, a Twitter account, and a pen and paper.  What other communication tool could this introvert possibly need?

Third, I am not at all interested in finding out That Much Information about my family.  It is a wonderful blessing to live in another state oblivious to the pervasive plastic cup usage by those I love (psssst, kids!  Grown-ups use glass!)

And Fourth, I don’t really want to relive high school.  I brought my favorite part of those years with me to North Carolina (hi honey!)

So, what WAS I thinking?  Guess what?  I’m gonna tell ya….

When I peeked over Bob’s shoulder the other night to read his Facebook page, I caught sight of a whole bunch of people I had lost touch with over the last year or so.  Now, it’s not like I am absent from THE FRONT OF MY COMPUTER SCREEN 2/3rds of the day and unavailable for the  occasional email; I am unemployed, housebound with a dying cat, and simply love to write;  if you email me, I will answer!  But several of those currently in my contact list recently, and  most mysteriously, disappeared.  When I looked at Bob’s page I noticed all of my missing  contacts partyin without me!

It was at that moment an idea hit me.  Here I sit, tapping away at a keyboard futilely, hoping someone will talk (not meow) to me during the day, someone will read my blog (which I agonizingly update daily) when it occurred to me there is a open forum.  An open, FREE forum where I can practice communication skills before I forget how to speak and at the same time shamelessly promote myself.  And ya’ll say I’m shy….

Simply said, I plan to one day have my Face on a Book (complete with speaking engagements) and therefore I am USING Facebook to propel me toward my goal.  Hey, it’s worth a try.

In the meantime I do want to make a commitment to my family.  I am not on here to a) look like the cool mom b) keep tabs on you via your pictures or c) be friends with your friends.

Actually, I will probably end up developing a new Facebook category.  Enemies.