I am so flattered that you've said this. Honestly, I miss reading your posts, as well. For about the last year, more and more of my friend list was disappearing to Facebook. Most days I logged on to lj within the first half hour of getting to work, and checked it more than a few times through the day. It truly made me sad to log in in the morning and find that nobody had posted, or maybe one person had.

Please don't take offense. You were one of the few people who still posted, but your posts were never very regular. And that's okay- I always thought that you didn't post daily or whatever because your posts were always deeper, more thoughtful than most people's posts. I always enjoyed reading them, and often they inspired me to think of things in my own life from different angles.

I actually hate Facebook. Unfortunately, I hate it for the reasons that most people say they prefer it. I don't know if you're familiar with it at all, but the status updates are only allowed to be a couple hundred words. It's rare that anyone posts anything beyond whatever is happening in their days- they had something delicious for lunch, they love the episode of Dancing with the Stars that they just watched, etc., etc.

I don't mind hearing that someone enjoyed a tv show or song or had a good day or a bad day or whatever. But I also want to hear about how they feel and what they've been thinking about and their loves and fears and all of those things that take more than a hundred words or so to express.

But I guess I'd have to say I've admitted defeat. I was missing so many people that I finally started checking fb, too. I meant to continue checking lj as well, but your message made me realize I've gotten away from it. I've never warmed up to fb, so I'm not sure how I got out of the habit of checking lj, too. I don't post on fb with any regularity because I find the limitations frustrating, so, actually, reading your words and typing out this reply has me thinking I really should start back up with posting on lj.

The other thing is that I don't feel I have much to say that's interesting, these days. My job is frustrating and I don't think I'm very good at it. Part of it is the bad economy, and no few people have told me I'm too nice to be good at it. Things are just kind of toddling along at home for the most part- nothing very interesting happening at Casa Rouge. Sadly, my mother in law passed away rather suddenly right after Easter, and we've been dealing with that and the necessary complications it brings. She named my husband and his two sisters all as executors, so that's been sort of unnecessarily complicated. But they've been amazing in dealing with it- no fighting or ugliness.

Thank you for asking what I've been up to. As you so often have, you've made me think about things. As a result I feel like I want to get back to lj, at least more than I've been, lately!

I hope life is going along fairly smoothly for you!