Wow! What a weekend. I met my friends at National Harbor for what was supposed to be a Girls' Night Away. We booked at room at the beautiful Gaylord National. We hung out on our awesome balcony, went shopping, had a lovely dinner, exchanged gifts, and then turned on the TV to find that the promised snowstrom was no joke and it was already snowing. There were 3 of us but in less than a half hour, I was the only one left. My friends chose to leave before it got too bad. I had a much further distance and as far as I was concerned driving in a blizzard at night wasn't my cup of tea. So I stayed the night and then an another night, finally making my way home today. Wow, we did have snow! All in all it was a great weekend and I'm glad we are all safe and warm and dry. You can see a video of the adventure by clicking on the play button.
Social Media Fast Day 1/2 I have been considering a social media fast. Unbeknownst to me, someone I know was on a week long fast. She reported about how beneficial it was and I took that as a confirmation that this was the time for me. September 1 sneaked up on me and I had some commitments for posting some prayer requests, but once that was done, I uninstalled Facebook (my primary Social Media) form my phone. I can pretty well ignore Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, LinkedIn and the like but Facebook is my constant itch that I have to keep scratching. I came to the realization that I primarily use Facebook to feed my desire for approbation. Don't we all want to be admired and respected? Don't we often want to be right, to have a forum where others are agreeing with our brilliance? LOL I'm guilty. I also realize the other downside of social media for me and that's all the political vitriol. As much as I don't get sucked into it, as much as I scroll past...