And I have a follower!!

A few days in and I already have my first follower!  I knew I could count on you Michelle.  You're my social media hero - not in a marketing sort of way no offence, but as a professional and a consumer sort of way.  Luckily you have known me long enough to know how big of a leap this is for me.  And on BBM tonight when I asked the question "how often does one blog?", you responded "whenever one is inspired." 

I can't tell you how giddy it felt to see my blog (I am shoulder chuckling when I write this as it sounds so absurd) posted on somebody else's with REAL people following him (not that you aren't a REAL person following me Michelle, but I have deep dark secrets hanging over your head).  And while I have recently felt that being an avid BBM user gives me some connection to the social media world, it really doesn't (does it?).  That's essential as our good old home ec classes when we were in grade eight.  After all, I'm too cheap to pay for browsing on my BB.  I can't check my LinkedIn or Facebook pages while I am at the arena or swimming lessons.  I have to wait until I get home and fight the kids for use of the desktop.  We do have a Playbook.....but I don't know how to use it yet other than to put a movie on so my kids don't drive me insane on long trips (never thought I would give in to that either).

Come to think of it, maybe social media is a lot like parenting.  My husband and I were fantastic parents before we had kids.  Then we had kids.  And things I thought I would never give into, I do if the end result is silence or mutual agreement.  So maybe as I learn to give in to social media, I will be rewarded in new and exciting ways too...like maybe an awesome next job because someone read my post and thinks I'm super cool, or free backstage tickets to a Maroon5 concert because I included them in my profile on Facebook.  I think I may be extending my arms to social media soon.  Now if I can just figure out what sort of a label I should attach to this blog now that I googled this term and know what it means.

(Hmm....I don't know if you are supposed to use trademark and copyright symbols in a blog.  I'll have to find that out!)