In Other News: How to Tell Your Kindergartner Their Pencils Kind of Look Like ...

This is why kids in Kindergarten shouldn't have homework. My youngest son is working on math for homework. Today's problem: If you have six (6) pencils and you give four (4) to your friend, how many pencils do you have left? Draw your answer. We were doing great until it came time to draw the pencils....

Poor kiddo, I made him redraw his pencils about 3 or 4 times before finally giving up and doing it myself and letting him color it in. It's not that they looked like male genitals, it's that they looked EXACTLY like male genitals. Yep. Six of them.

So what do you say in this situation: Sorry son, but your pencils look like some dude's junk?

Well, I very tactfully (I hope it was tactfully) kept encouraging him to draw the shaft (is that even what you call the length of a pencil?!) thinner and not so fat and to not draw the eraser so big...or to put the line that separate the shaft(?) part from the eraser in the middle so that it doesn't look like two erasers (or you know, like testicles...).

The good news though is he didn't make the connection at all. So it really just means I'm becoming a dirty old lady...or a 15 year old boy.

Well If I Have to Communicate...

I quit Facebook (yes, again) for good (yes, seriously). Long story short, I honestly just can't be bothered with it anymore. And, for some people their world just imploded. Am I that important? No. But some people seem to think so. I can't even begin to tell you how many people have called/emailed/texted me since I quit. Oh wait, I can. I can actually count on one hand how many people reached out to me in some form. But, the number of people who actually caught an attitude because I decided I no longer wanted to be on social media? That number is astounding. The idea that I do something that helps my mental health is preposterous.

I always find it amusing when people take personal offense to someone else doing something that doesn't harm them in anyway. How does me removing myself hurt anyone? Does it break connections? No. Because if there was a true connection, then the connection could not be broken. Personally, I have people in my life who have been my friend since elementary school that I have only spoken to a few times over the years, yet our connection remains strong. I refuse to believe that Facebook is the only way to communicate with someone. Especially, if you have my phone number, address, email address, or a reader of my blog. The idea that social media is easier to keep up with someone is somewhat true, but that doesn't mean it's the only way. Besides, I've always been more in sync with those who understand the beauty of a phone call, the gesture of a letter, the simpleness of an email.

And honestly, it's nice to be missed. Who doesn't like being missed? But the attitude and anger I've gotten over my decision as if I kicked their dog is ridiculous. I'm just not interested in social media anymore, of any kind. Blogging is probably the most effort I'll put into maintaining an online presence moving forward. So if you want to keep up with me, well here I am.