Karen has not left the building for three days now. I'm okay, though. Really. I'm evenly balanced between introvert/extrovert. Time alone is good time and people time works, too. We have a regular Thursday night dinner with our next-door neighbor that's expanded to include two other friends. They all braved the near-zero temperatures last night. I got out of the computer chair long enough to cook. I pulled out frozen turkey in broth from Thanksgiving. Adding peas, julienned summer squash, and seasonings made a soul-warming soup. With cornbread, made from grain Jerry ground, and pumpkin custard with whipped cream (light), it satisfied our hunger. The company satisfied my extrovert side. She was getting a little hungry.
Not that I couldn't have satisfied that hunger in a dozen different ways. There are all kinds of people I could connect with online, if I wanted to make the effort. Chat rooms abound, I guess. I've hardly investigated them. I could call friends to chat on the phone. I could text, email, or fax. Actually, the technology surrounding me is a little overwhelming. Facebook, for example. I'm "on Facebook," as they say. Only because I got an invitation through Facebook a couple of years ago and didn't know I could have responded without joining. So, I'm on, but I haven't had time to understand it. I think I've set this blog up now so entries will get sent to Facebook. We'll see.
How are you doing with technology? Feeling overwhelmed yet? Aren't all these options and possiblities just a little too much? What an opportunity for us to establish clear boundaries and not let ourselves get overrun. If you have strategies to keep technology in it's place–servant rather than master–post a comment, will you?
Looking forward to hearing from you. And, hi to my friends on Facebook, if indeed you can see this. 🙂