Instant Message Therapy

Yesterday I spent a good hour (at least) Instant Messaging with two friends from high school. We all live in different parts of the country and have recently re-connected through the glorious internet.

These ladies were discovering the addictive nature of MySpace, and we had to discuss the profiles of people we went to high school with at length. As you might imagine, there was a lot of "What was his name again?" and "he got married?" and my personal favorite, "why does he have this annoying music on his profile?" Of course, there was also MUCH "LOL" during this time. If you've spent any time on myspace, you know how you can get sucked in and not realize just how much time you've wasted looking at these people you haven't spoken to in years. Now, I am not a huge fan of myspace, although I have spent plenty of time with it. Snake Nation wrote a great post about it, and I agree with her completely.

However, I had some serious fun with it yesterday. I was in a bitchy, sleepy, pants too tight mood, and didn't get a thing accomplished yesterday except eating. However, by the end of my "IM session" with these two old friends, I was laughing out loud (for real) in my office, reminiscing and feeling great. Nothing like a little blast from the past to knock you out of your present funk.

It's also always good for me to remember that even when my day is crappy,I can still laugh and gossip like I did in high school, without having to endure ever again that unique experience known as adolescence. So, many thanks to my girls out there. I hope I can return the favor sometime!