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It's 11:30 p.m.  I should be in bed.  Instead I'm on here updating my blog, on facebook updating my status, and on Myfitnesspal updating my calories.  We are so connected to the internet these days... and I'm only thinking about that after watching TheSocialNetwork this evening.  It's crazy how things change so quickly with technology.  How we spend our time changes so much with every piece of technology we receive.  For instance, my new phone, with me at all times now, why?   Because it has the internet on it.  Now did I need to get the internet and pay $30 more per month for that service?  No.  Don't I already have internet at home?  Yes.  But in today's world, it's all about being connected all the time.  Does my email ding at me in the morning before I'm ready to get up, and I check to see what the message is?  Of course.  I think we all do.  But is it good for me to be connected like this?  That, I dont know.  Back in college, AIM was the thing, and you had to be at your desktop/laptop that was plugged into a wall/ethernet in order to be connected to your friends, at least with today's technology we can go out and about and not wait for those messages.  At least with the cell phone we dont have to wait for important phone calls by the phone all day.  It gives us some freedom at the same time as it takes away a lot of our time.  But hey, I love technology and I love facebook, I've reconnected with so many people over these last few years that I think it's wonderful!  :) 

Enough about that.  Today I was under my calories, which is good, because i did not get to the gym.  I did spend a ridiculous amount of time shopping, enough for me to want to be done and over with shopping, which is hard to believe.  So that had to have burned some calories, right?  Tomorrow we are having a Christmas get together for Jarrod's mom's side of the family, and I'm hoping that I can stay within my calories tomorrow as well...  I have to get up early in order to cook, so I dont think I'll be getting to the gym.  So we will see how I do.  I've got to be heading to bed.  Good night to everyone!!  :)

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