Facebook and Twitter have hit our staff room.  Big time.  And though I try to pretend that I don’t get involved, it’s all lies.  I was touched today to be told by some of my colleagues that my status updates on Facebook are apparently ‘amusing’ and ‘clever’.  It was quite ridiculous just how pleased that made me!  It is a comical illustration of just how great the extent of being bothered about what other people think about me is in my life!  And for a few minutes, it really brightened up what had been quite a difficult day.  And then it dawned on me that I’m going to have to work hard to maintain this now.  Not that I’ve really thought about it before.  But now, I will have to.  And one thing I do know about myself is that when I try to be funny, I can’t do it (Jingle will testify to that!)  So whilst juggling all my other spinning plates trying to live up to the various other ’statuses’ in my life and do them justice to my stupidly high and unattainable standards (perfect wife, supermum, best Christian ever, non-geeky crafter, world’s best listmaker etc) I have now turned what started out as harmless fun that required no thought into yet another quest for perfection in the eyes of others!  Agh!  There’s only one thing for it…a list!  A list of amusing status updates to which I can turn when Facebooking!!  And maybe I could colour code them according to general mood… ooh and then get people to score them for their comic appeal!!  Suddenly, I understand the closeness of comedy and tragedy…on so many levels…