Where would we be without them?

Do you remember what it was like when you first began using a computer? Were you as afraid of them as I was? Every time I got an error message of some sort I was sure I'd broken the darn thing, my employers would figure out I was a dummy and I was essentially toast. When I did something "wrong" my mouth would dry, my heart would race and my voice get a little higher. I kept reminding myself that you can't get angry or upset with an inanimate object but that didn't always help. Mom gave me a chuckle when in one of her comments she related how a "fatal" error wasn't the best wording in her medical environment!

When DGS moved out over the weekend I told him he could take our computer with him. Then DH said oh, he really wanted to learn how to use a computer and was disappointed I'd promised it away. So, we are about to become the proud parents of another computer in a short while. Yes, I've ordered it from the company with a four-letter name though I hate their support. DH will enjoy having all that a computer offers and the first thing I'm going to tell him is to relax, you really can't break them.

As an aside, when DH was diagnosed with bladder cancer virtually everything we learned about his condition and our options was through our own computer research. It amazes me still that people in small towns in the middle of nowhere have the same access to all kinds of information as those in big cities because of the internet.