Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Im a big dork&old

At 33 I feel like I am totally behind the technology curve, despite the fact that some members of my family think I am tech savvy, I am basically inept. Sure I own an ipod (a 1st generation - or 1G - Nano) and have a blog, but I only learned how to text message a few weeks ago. And it was out of necessity. And I had to ask my friends how to make a space.

I called one of the aides at LP's and AK's school to see about arranging to have her babysit. She promptly asked, "Can you text me the info?" I stammered a bit, but confirmed I could fake it. It took my at least 5 minutes to text:

9.17 Bbsit [LP&AK]? 6 To 9. [Our street address]. thx amy btw how much $/hr

I was so proud of myself! Even if I did stress over what I could abbreviate in order to make myself still understood. Of course, she did text me back about 2 seconds later.

Then, today I had to text her to cancel. It only took 2 minutes:

Im sorry need 2 cancel will resked soon btw im gettng good @ txtng

Seriously! I feel like a kid with sore thumbs, not a 33-year-old dork!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

DON'T WORRY...I MESSED UP THE COMPUTER SO BADLY..THANX TO JOSH WE HAVE IT BACK TO OKAY!! wE DON'T EVEN HAVE AN IPOD...AS TO TEXTING..JAKE IS THE EXPERT...SO TOO ARI...TOO MUCH FOR ME! HOPE THE HOUSEHOLD RETURNS TO SLEEP AND GOOD HEALTH. LOVE,GG

Wenderina said...

I still text like I email - full words, no symbols, all properly punctuated. Of course I text from a full keyboard blackberry so no need to shortform it.

Anonymous said...

If you are referring to the babysitter i think you are you have me to blame. I usually text her to arrange sitting. haha - DS