Virtual worlds....oh heavens....

I have become a fan of Facebook. It is a great sight, you can find long lost friends, or family you don't often keep up with. Not that you don't love them, but you just are not in touch with them as much.

It is fun to read about what people are up to, see some photos of what is happening in their lives and share bits about yourself.

I happened to notice the name of a person that commented on one of my friends entries. It was a friend of mine that I had lost touch with when she went off to college. I hate to admit it but I had not seen or talked to her in over 20 years. We are both now living in opposite ends of the country, she is in the Seatle area, and I am in Florida.

Not everyone can see your Facebook page, they have to request you to be a friend and if you accept them then...you are well...I guess you are "Facebook Friends". I have to confess that I do not pay the closest attention to all the "requests" some are to join this or that, or give this virtual gift or accept that virtual gift.

One day there was a friend request from a name from...wwwwaaaayyyy back in my past. It was a girl I went to junior high school with, yeah back when it was called "junior high school" and not "middle school". We went to different high schools, we were not close friends but we were in band together and we both played the flute. When I worked for a bank as a teller I would see her mom now and then and ask how she was doing, but even that was...well...my 21 year old neice was just a baby then so....it had been a long time. She is now happily married and living near Grand Rapids and has 2 children.

I have one friend, Mindy, who said when she started in Facebook that she joined because so many were pushing her too. Now Mindy is playing all sorts of the little virtual games they have on Facebook (way too many to name). I told her she has truly become one of "them" now....

I got sucked into one of the "farm" worlds and was chatting with my friend Mindy on line through Facebook and asked her "how do I get out of this" and she said just click "go home" and....there was no "go home"...it turned out I was in a different "farm world" than she was. Who would have thought there would be so many "farm worlds". I confess that I do go back into it from time to time, I guess I feel the need to plow under all my dead crops.

Now....oh, no....I let myself adopt a virtual dog...he is a Jack Russell, I love them. I named him Lester, after my nieces dog. How did I let myself get sucked in....now I will have to keep it alive....he is named after a dog that I love....I can't just plow him under like the dead crops on my farm....oh that reminds me I better go plow them on my other farm too...but anyway....oh....the virtual worlds....they just may prove to much for me....hopefully I can keep Lester virtually alive longer than my crops...