My New Drug

I've been slacking on my blogging duties here. Time to tell you why.
I was hearing a lot recently about a website out there and I decided to check it out. It has become, undeniably, my craving, my fix, and I sum it all up in one word:
Facebook.

I know most of you know of it, and probably a fair amount of you are on Facebook already. If you're on it, I welcome the addition of new friends! Just do a search of me, Dean Boutilier, in Kitchener, Ontario, and add me, please! :)

Now. Why does this site have such a hold on me? Well, the first couple of days on it, I was looking for people I know. Several people I work with are on there, plus I found an old college buddy, and a few others. But while doing a search for a current friend, someone else's name popped up, and took my breath away...
My first girlfriend!

The last time her and I spoke was nearly 20 years ago. Over the years, I had the odd inclination to look her up, but she had moved way-back-when, and that should have been all she wrote. Being my first, I had never completely forgot about her, but after two decades, what are the odds of finding her on the internet, something that wasn't even in existance when last we met?

We've touched base through Facebook e-mail, and the parallels her life has taken alongside mine is kinda freaky! She's married as well, her first kids were twins, like us (she had 5 kids since...we stopped while we were ahead! lol!). We have similar hangouts, and even some common friends! How's that for serendipity? (or however you spell it?)

So to find someone from that long ago is amazing, and has got me digging deep in the well to find others that might be on there! So if you're on Facebook, please stop by and say hi! I'll be back to MySpace and Blogger, as usual. It's the new toys out there that I'm consumed with at the moment! :)