The last 24 hours or so has been a surreal experience.
Yesterday evening I was on Facebook when a relative contacted me. I have a cousin stationed in Tunis, Tunisia, and this relative had asked for everyone he knew to pray for the safety of the cousin and family. (If you haven't been following the news, do so: there is quite an interesting political situation going on there right now.) He gave me some updates and I decided I would try to friend the cousin's husband, who was posting several updates daily regarding their situation. His posts were pretty scary, especially the part about sleeping on the floor the night before with their children because of nearby gunfire.
So, while my spouse was on the phone with his family about a situation in his family, I was chatting with someone in Texas and trying to friend someone in Tunisia.
Anyway, I sent a friend request and when I came home from work tonight, I found he had accepted. Now I can read his posts directly instead of getting them through the other relative.
I also had a pleasant surprise. The cousin's husband plays FarmVille. And, he had recently planted some 12 and 24 hour growth crops.
Farming during a revolution. Now I will be able to track how stable his everyday situation is through how he plants his crops. Or, maybe he is just an optimist.
Gives a new meaning to social gaming, doesn't it.
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