Disconnecting from Facebook

It has been over a week since I posted last! I am telling you, work and school have me in a bind because whenever I have a free moment, I either A) have to study B) clean the house C) clean the house D) exercise E) Sleep F) All the above. I am hoping that after Monday, (I had an exam last night and another one on Monday) I can be a bit more regular with the blog posting. This is what happens when you have a lot going on, plus wedding planning. So much to do, and so little time. So little time, in fact, I really haven't had a chance to read because all I am reading these days are stuff for school. Reading is my favorite thing to do above anything else, so not being able to read as much as I was this past year is bringing me down! However, I will definitely get some reading in when I travel to Guatemala in two weeks!
However, this post today is steering away from some of passions. I have decided, that after one too many racist, homophobic, Islamophobic, xenophobic posts on Facebook from one too many people, I am going to take a break from it. You ask, well Karina, why don't you delete the people who are basically scum? I say, because I want to know how people really feel and not what Facebook projects. I grew up in a very white, Italian town. I was one of the minorities, being half Latina. However, I am pretty light skinned though "exotic looking" as people would say so I never had a problem blending in. My town did not have many Hispanic or black families. We had a small Asian population, but that was really about it. While a lot of people grew up and went out of state for school and others just were open minded, there are still some people who can't see out of there own back yard and I find it very sad. I could never live a life where I hated anyone who was different then me or from a different religion. There is too much hate and I don't need to see that. The sad thing is, their children will continue the cycle of hate. That is the saddest thing. I will miss follow Humans of New York, so I hope he's on Instagram.
I believe that if you exude positive energy, you're going to get positive energy back. "Life's tough, get a helmet" as Eric Matthews said in Boy Meets World, but you don't need to be a miserable and hateful person. I don't need to see the stupid memes people can't research that are blatant lies or whatever garbage they need to rant about that day. So, this is my good bye letter to Facebook. It can't be forever. I have family overseas who do see my pictures of my family and I want to make sure they get to view those. My next sign on will be to upload photos from Guatemala, and then take another break. Also, I may or may not have messaged my fiance's girlfriend, but she can get my number from someone else. Whoops!

I will post a recipe later today on my fruit smoothies. I had a terrible one this morning, and that was not the fault of my fiance who makes them, but my frozen fruit selection!

Stay positive, guys. Life is beautiful. Just stop for a moment and take a look.

-Karina

From my hike with my friend and fellow blogger, Becky. This was taken  out in Rockville, RI at the Boy Scout Camp. They have great hiking trails.