Irritable Allyson is Irritable

"I know you're wise beyond your years, but
do you ever get the feel
that your perfect verse is just a lie
you tell yourself to help you get by."

My hormones are all over the place right now. I can't even explain it to you. I've been such a crab. And everything is frustrating me. And I'm irritable to the max. It's been a horrible day. I left a class early because I couldn't take the incessant gum chewing going on behind me that I could recognize as clearly as the piercing sound of the lead singer of Nickleback's voice. And, dare I say, it was even more irritating. After a long, no good, frustrating, irritable day it made me leave class early, call the best friend, and just start crying. 

So now, I have shut myself in the quiet lounge, filled my tummy, and have begun to settle down.

However, it also could be this time of year. Like I said, I'm itching for change. I've contemplated a few drastic "goals." However, I usually sleep on them and remember I am being impractical and need to settle down. But how can you go anywhere in life if you're always practical? I mean, sometimes I feel you need to be impractical. 

Anyway, today I read yet another blog written by a girl who quit Facebook. She quit January 1, 2010 and said it would be for a year. Except, January 1, 2011 rolled around and she didn't reactivate it. She didn't want to. I don't want to sleep on the decision I just made, I want to do it.

Now, I think we've all thought about the possibility of quitting Facebook, whether seriously or not. I have. A lot. But, the same excuses as I'm sure we all have always pull me away from deactivating it. The, "I use it to keep in touch with old friends with whom I probably wouldn't be able to without it." or the "A lot of my events and messages are actually really important to keep up with for school or otherwise!" And yeah, without it, I would me much less connected to the social world. So, I'm not going to quit it forever. I'm just not. However, the season of Lent is coming up and while there's absolutely no requirement that you have to give anything up for this season, I know a girl who has given Facebook up for the last two Lent seasons. It's kind of just a good period of time to go by, since it's about a month and a half. They say it takes a month to break/form a habit, so this should be good, right?

So, this is happening. I'm giving up Facebook for Lent. (March 9 - April 23)

I'm going to deactivate it, which will definitely help, because then no one can post on my wall/ pictures/ message me/ etc... so I won't be "missing" anything "important." My favorite part of Facebook is probably the pictures. So, I think I'm going to create a Flickr account to put new ones on, just for peace of mind. Also, I still have a ridiculous about of social networking sites to keep me preoccupied.

Plus, I'll be going BEDA (Blog Every Day in April) again this year, so that will help. 

What I hope to get out of this month and a half is less stress and more time reading. Which may or may not happen, due to the fact that every time I tell myself I won't use Facebook for a day, I spend that much more time on Tumblr, or something. I can't just tell myself I'll only check it once a day, that never works. I'm a cold turkey kind of gal.

I just told my friend. The conversation went like this, 

Me - "Clare, I think I'm giving up fb for lent."

Clare - "Bahahaha that's a funny joke."

This is the support system I have to deal with. Sigh. :]

And really, this shouldn't even be a big deal. It's a month and a half. Goodness, this is hardly anything. Besides, I still have angry birds. :]

So, I ask you, have you ever taken a break from Facebook? Do you want to do it with me? Just think, if we complete our goal, we can REWARD ourselves... with CUPCAKES and CHIPOTLE.  *insert mischievous grin*