Guess What I Got?

My Computer.  But I also got something I haven’t had in 42-years. A gray hair-- long gray hair on top of my head in front just flapping to get my attention. I paraded and bragged my entire life about not having gray hair—proud of keeping some youthful appearance. Things have changed now. The days of gray arrived to haunt me in the mirror. There will be no more smiles from people guessing I’m younger than my age. From this point forward, I will have constant dye jobs and search out homeopathic remedies to fix the age appearance.

Even though this is a day of celebration for getting my laptop back, it’s also a turning point in my life where I cautiously wave good-bye to the younger me. Men are lucky, they can shave their head.

*looks in the mirror, dries my eyes and waves as I pluck out the lonely gray hair*

P.S. I’ll be back to claim my “Strange Men in Pinstripe Suits Blog Award.”

Good Bye Computer!

Good Morning, Everyone! I was ready to start blogging on a regular basis, but alas, I have to send my computer away for fixing. I am told it will take 2 to 3 weeks. GAH! The more I think about what I have on my computer and what this means to be apart from it gives me the shakes. My computer is so much an extension of me. It helps me communicate, express feelings, and do what I love to do, which is write.

What’s going to happen to my manuscript that needs revising, or my poetry that I want to submit to contests? What will I do without my IMs? These are the questions that have haunted me this weekend. I’ll drop off my laptop for fixing this afternoon and won’t see it for 2 to 3 weeks.

I’m sure others feel the same way about their computers. Or maybe your blackberry, or cell phone? Maybe some of you are thinking about your televisions? What if your television was taken away? What would you do? Inanimate objects we’ve connected to, relied on for entertainment purposes, relied on to fill our time.

Thinking back to childhood, I looked forward to watching television for Saturday morning cartoons, or when the Twilight Zone or Creature Feature was on. Outside of those highlights, childhood was spent riding bikes, walking around the block, playing in the park, or pretending. As for high school, MTV was the highlight IF you were lucky to have cable, and going to the movies was a treat. In my 20s, I used a cell phone for emergencies, and in my 30s and 40s, my computer has become precious to me.

What’s your inanimate addiction, television, cell phone, computer, vibrator? Do you have a close relationship with anything that doesn’t have blood running through its veins?

Take care and I’ll be back in a few weeks.