Guilty Pleasures

Have you ever wanted to give yourself a time-out? I have! And this summer, with school out and me not having to work, I gave myself a 3 month time out!

What did I do with this time? I discovered Facebook! I actually got a Facebook account last Novemeber but didn't know what to do with it, other than see what my kids were doing on their accounts. Then I had a couple of friends find me and become my friends and I started seeing what they were doing on their accounts. Soon, with some tutelage from my kids, I was becoming more and more involved.

At the beginning of the summer I was sending and receiving pieces of flair, plants, bumper stickers and messages. I set up farms and houses, became a pirate and a sorority sister, I collected water globes and temple pictures, and started kidnapping friends. I took tests to show that I am (or in some cases am not) who I say I am! I marked a map with all the places I've been and sent hugs and bracelet charms to my friends.

Then I ran into a problem. Alot of these games required a certain number of your friends to play also for you to receive certain privileges. Well, I didn't have enough friends on any of them! Many people were letting complete strangers on to their accounts! I couldn't see doing that, letting a stranger see my personal info and reading my daily posts. What was I to do? Recruiting wasn't working, strangers were not an option. My solution? I used my 'extra' email accounts to set up 'extra' facebook accounts so I would have more friends to add to my favorite games! Devious, aren't I?

I have spent the entire summer playing Facebook games! Then I found I couldn't just 'waste' my extra accounts, I had to tend all the farms and pets, and earn points on all the games! I feel a bit guilty wasting so much time, but I needed it! So maybe it wasn't wasted time. Mentally I needed a break and physically I needed to rest and this worked out perfectly for me.

A guilty pleasure? Yes! One I feel I've earned over the last 20 years...