When I was a kid. . .we didn't have "The Internet"

So. . .I am sitting here staring at my Twhirl. . . which feeds me my Twitter.com "Tweets" or messages, from all four accounts.

I am checking both Gmail accounts, My Facebook, my MySpace, my Linked In, updating my blog, and checking my Text messages on my phone.

Annnnnnd. . .I am wondering how I ever made it through high school with out these things. . . so this is a "remember when" blog. . . enjoy.

* When I was in elementary school, my mom would talk to my Aunt while cleaning the house. She accomplished this with a 100 ft phone cord.

*When I wanted to talk to an elementary school friend I walked to their house or waited till school the next day.

*When I got into Jr. High we got a CORDLESS PHONE *gasp* the thing was beautiful!! Seriously beautiful. AND you could take it 5 ft from the house and it still worked.

*Then came three-way calling. . .oh beautiful 3 way calling. . . it was awesome for talking to your TWO favorite people at the same time. . . or for tricking unsuspecting call recipients into saying things in front the third person. . .sitting silently on the line.

*In Jr. High, if I wanted to talk about someone. . . or find out if someone liked me...or my friend...or if someones friend liked someone elses friend. ... . .. we threw little pieces of paper over heads and behind the backs of teachers.

*If I didn't know where one of my friends were. . . I had to look. . . you know look around for them. . . like with my eyes. . .I know scary huh?

*In high school. . .if a boy called. . .and I wasn't there. . .my brothers or sister got to take a message. . . and tell me latter. . .rarely with any grace.

*If my mom didn't know where I was. . .she would call all my friends PARENTS and they would discuss the possibilities of our location. To much of this and she'd find out we'd told one parent one thing and another parent something else. . . and I was screwed.

*If my friends didn't answer their home phones and I wanted to hang out with them(thankfully I lived in a small town) I'd go wandering the city with other friends until we found them.

*Never once did an awkward photo of me end up on the internet. . . or spread through text messages like wild fire. . .

*While in High school, I got a computer for my birthday... it was 386...and it was BEAUTIFUL. . .I played Kings Quest and used Word Perfect. . .and I loved it. . . and I was spoiled cause my Step Dad had connections. . . no one else had a computer IN THEIR HOME! It was so cool.

And suddenly, I have the ability to speak to 55 people at onece on Twitter, update my entire family on any news through Facebook in a split second, text or call my kid to find out where she is, send an email to all my contacts, and all this in 6.5 seconds. . . Weird how things change. . .