If only I could turn back time. I would truly enjoy being in an easier generation (for me, that is). The insanity of having a laptop computer drives me crazy! Why would I have a need for an electronic, little, black box?
I′m simple. Apparently though, that does not work for my grown children. They feel their mom needs to stop being “technologically ignorant.” After much quarrelling, I finally agreed to their purchasing a laptop for me.
When I see the UPS truck pull into my driveway, I have to say, I was not happy. Taking the package from the delivery man, I slowly turn to enter my home. I go to my sewing room and sit to open the box.
Packaging, bubble wrap and directions fell out as the new laptop computer faced me. Wow, I literally heard the “reek reek reek” of that movie with the large butcher knife and the shower curtain, as my terrified hands tried to open this contemporary disturbance.
I felt myself hyperventilating. “How am I going to do this?” I spoke aloud to myself. “I′m a plain country girl. I milk cows, feed chickens, grow gardens, sew clothes, what in the world will I do with this thing!”
I carefully opened the latch, lifted the lid and was faced with a keyboard and blank screen. For some reason, I realized, this is not as bad as I had thought.
In my life, I have faced tornadoes, flooding, crop losses, this little laptop computer was not going to bother me. But then, there was something else I had to face.
Oh my god, those darn instructions!
Those intimidating instructions! I silently screamed as the words on the pages made no sense! My eyes were blind! My brain was tormented! My temperature was starting to boil!
Slowly, I could hear a phone ringing in the distance. It was my sweet cellular phone! I remember when I first got it and it also made me dizzy. Now, it is a solemn friend. Could my feelings change about my laptop computer?
I could hear the faint ringing of a phone. When I first got my cellular phone it was difficult for me, too. It was evil to me in the beginning. Then eventually, I grew closer to it and lost my fear. Maybe, that would happen with my laptop computer.
Am I less of a human (or mother, for that matter), simply because I enjoy my simplicity?
“I know how horrible electronics are for you. The family and I should be over this weekend to help you get to know your gift. I sure hope you enjoy it. I love you very much and will talk with you later. Bye!”
Is it possible my laptop computer could also become my friend?
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