I am feeling guilty today, because I have ignored this blog for so many months. I let the daily demands of life interfere with the challenge of keeping my public blog up to date. When I started this, I vowed I would write in it at least three times monthly. Some would say that I don't take vows too seriously anyway, since I have had three husbands. Well, I actually still have one of them. I could blame him for keeping me away from blogging, but that really isn't true. It wouldn't be the first time I blamed him for something he didn't do, but I figure that makes up for the times during our 34 years together he has slipped something by me. That is how it works in long term marriages. It is called give and take. I do take vows seriously and that is why my guilty feelings have driven me today to try and find something hidden deep inside my brain that is worthy of writing. I now sit here wondering how I was ever capable of handling a weekly column for the San Diego County Herald. My brain has been purged. There is nothing in there of interest to share. Knowing that and since fools rush in where angels fear to tread, here I go.
I am working on two books, and they have been taking up some of my time. One, for now, is entitled "How To Fight Like A Woman." The other, for now, is entitled "River of Life." I just finished up my part of a year long project of licensing a day program located at a horse ranch. The program combines traditional services with equestrian activities. When I wasn't literally attending training, completing paperwork, developing operational manuals and completing many other steps towards the goal of obtaining a license, I was thinking about the project. It is now licensed, and I have a very good director managing the services. It seems like I have been living with my computer. I handle our personal finances on the internet. I am on the computer, of course, when working on the books. The computer is used for the majority of my business correspondence. All of our management personnel are using the internet for communication. Tenants and landlords are using the internet for communication. Finally, California's super agencies have decided to use the internet for communication with providers of services throughout the state. Our local regional centers also use the internet for keeping providers informed and meeting our mutual communication needs. I also invoice for our services through e billing. Add to the list of internet communicators contracted business services, employee issues and the list goes on and on. The bottom line is that my laptop and blackberry have become my office. It also has become a place that allows me to stay in touch with family members and to occasionally be surprised by people who have passed through my life in the past. Jerry bought a very small laptop for me this year, and it goes with me when I leave town.
Saving the best for last, I have to mention Facebook. What does Facebook mean to me? It means that I can take a break any time I choose when I see a comment pop into my email file telling me that someone I am friends with on Facebook is saying something on Facebook. I can choose to click in and make a comment, or I can delete it. This means I can take a break without feeling like I am wasting time. After all, I am right there working while "talking" to someone. It is sort of like working in an office filled with people I enjoy. It means my day is filled with laughter and nonsensical statements. Facebook is a place that allows me to stay in close touch with people who live far away. On Facebook, I can share my personal challenges like I did recently when my beloved English bulldog, Max, died. There was so much love and support offered by friends, family and even strangers. I will not forget the day I kicked up the computer and saw Max's face on so many friends and family profiles.
There...something about nothing, but by golly, I wrote in my blog. My guilt is gone, because I explained it all away. Didn't I?
1 comment:
Technology is great! I am seeing some of the effects in some of the social skills of the technical generation. From toddler to teenager. all are familiar and easily distracted from the world that is in right in front of them in all 5 senses and 3D. I am guilty of it myself. I do see how people are less comfortable talking face to face to a friend in front of them and bam the phone rings and they are off and running. I see myself in those people. anyway 5150.. now I am empty.
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