Unsocialized

Usually the first question out of people's mouths when they find out we home school is "What about socialization?" Because this is my blog, I feel perfectly comfortable saying they don't learn how to socialize in school. They learn how to go to class with kids their age, only speak and connect with those said kids, and how to follow directions. But generally, my response is,"They don't have to go to school to learn that." If they only knew.

I Facebook. I started for hubby. Two of his brothers were on it and it was a way for him to keep up with them. It got to the point that I started to have more friends than he did and it was just easier to switch it to my name. I can do all kinds of things on Facebook. I keep up with friends, I have reunited with friends, I upload pictures, I download pictures, I tag photos, I set up events, I answer messages. There are so many things to do on Facebook.

I have not one, but two blogs. I love my blogs. I'm going to set up another one for my writing. I have all these people in my mind that are screaming to get out. I can do lots of things with my blog. I keep family and friends updated with pictures, I add links to websites or specific articles, I added a button and changed the look of the blogs. I would add video, but we have dial up, and that would take forever.

We just added texting to our phones. I know, not the most techy thing we could do, but still. It's something we needed to do. We got new phones and decided that was one more way for our youth kids to communicate. It's also a way for me to communicate with my friends and family. I held two texting conversations today. I like feeling like I'm not interrupting someone's life like with a phone call. We could have gone iPhone and all that entails, but that was more than we want to spend every month. We might as well get rid of our computers if we did that.

So now, if you need to get hold of this unsocialized person, you can call me at home or on my cell, text me, facebook me, or IM me. If you can't get a hold of me so we can socialize, you don't want to get a hold of me. I'm more socialized than the law should allow.