Day One {FREEDOM!}

Day one of the 30 Day Facebook detox...and it felt GREAT!

I didn't have to work today, and school didn't start until seven pm, and after the last few weeks of go go going with moving, vacation, and working 35-40 hours a week...I haven't had any "me" time. Whenever I DID get a break, I tried to spend it with boyfriend.

Well today I didn't!

I pampered myself! A manicure, a facial/skin rejuvenation/at home microdermabrasion, lounging in bed, watching movies, and of COURSE Starbucks. I LOVED it! 

Don't get me wrong, being with boyfriend is amazing...but sometimes a girl's gotta have some girl time. 

I wasn't even tempted (well...not very much) to go on Facebook!

The result: a happier, more relaxed, and soft-skinned Miss Nick. 

AND THEN CLASS HAPPENED. 

The class was great! It's a Deaf Culture class. It was what happened after the class that ruffled up my feathers. 

 A friend of mine and I were catching up, and she was telling me and some other girl that she knew about this guy she's dating; apparently he's amazing with the only problem being that he's "too religious," because he goes to church twice on sundays, once on wednesdays, and leads various Bible studies and support groups. This random girl, this "friend" of hers, starts trying to sell me on how lame that is, how he doesn't have a life...how he posts all sorts of religious quotes on Facebook...all with an ugly sneer on her face.

LOOK. 

I believe in religious freedom. Without the ability to choose to be with or away from God, our choice to be with Him would be empty. I'm ok if you don't have the same faith as I do. But I wasn't walking around talking about how stupid your faith or your life choices are. 

A year ago, I would have muttered some sort of thing about how that was weird. Six months ago I would have tried to find an easy out. Tonight, I did neither. I politely explained that it wasn't weird, that I do the same thing. I even wanted to throw in there that I was waiting until marriage to have sex, but I didn't want her poor brain to explode. 

She then hemmed and hawwed until she was able to figure out a way to walk away without having to respond directly to me. 

Our culture saddens me. It wasn't that long ago when going to church was the normal thing to do. It wasn't that long ago that Christ and His amazing hand in all of our lives was recognized and welcomed.  Now it's strange if you actually follow a faith or religion, now it's normal to test out the marital waters, and treat our bodies with disrespect. 

It's just lame. 

Anyway.

I DID find an awesome article on Pinterest today, about how social media is wreaking our lives. you can read it HERE..it really is phenomenal.

until the next...