I Can't Keep Up

Home phone. Cell phone. Texting. Desktop. Laptop. Internet. Website. Blog. Myspace. Email.

And Josh ask...what about Facebook. "Do you have a Facebook? You need a Facebook." "What is Twitter?" "Do you Twitter?"

I can't keep up. I cannot help but think that technology has made society more complex, hectic and hard to manage.

Every Monday morning Mr. Catchings ask a simple question and I give a simple reply. "How was your weekend?" "Busy."

Busy.

Why I have to change my life:

My grandfather lives not even a mile down the road and the last time I saw him was March 18th. And the time before that January 24th.

I pass the road my mother and father live on twice a day and I rarely stop.

I miss my friend Regina. We used to talk several times a week. Now maybe once every couple of weeks.

I miss my friend Mandi. We talk on occasions--but it is always on the go. In the car on the way home. We used to go to dinner at least once every other week.

We used to go to dinner every Friday night with my sister/brother-in-law, nephew and niece. Now my niece wonders who I am. Last weekend Kade could not remember my name.

My husband wishes to be a computer, the cat or a phone. He said that way he could at least spend time with me.

I am a people pleaser. I have a hard time telling people no. But after a long exhausting week, I thought to myself that I am cheating the ones I love to satisfy strangers.

My priorities must change.

Today. We have 24 hours.