computers

We have 2 computers... a laptop and a pc. We use them continually. Ginger forgot her Animal Farm book for school - we were able to pull up the whole story online... (thank goodness, I didn't have to run to the library at 8 pm). On facebook, I found a childhood friend that had moved to Texas and we lost touch in college. I can easily look up recipes, watch the dow drop, or find out what the weather is going to be in Punta Cana in November. It is truly amazing the things that are now "online". I process my unemployment claims, I can check my kids grades daily, I can be nosey and see what each house in my neighborhood is assessed for taxes or I can order chinese food from China! (okay, that might be extreme... but I probably could if I wanted)

Then there is the other side.... there is almost always someone on at least one computer here at our house all the time. I feel like I have lost my children to the media - be it either the tv or the computer. Ginger gets on there and it is impossible to hold a conversation with her... she is in the zone. I never receive actual mail from friends... I get some e-mail occasionally but that doesn't count like the real hand written letter that the postman had to deliver. And here's the real kicker... if the computer crashes... oh my goodness, the whole house goes into a deep depression and we start having withdrawal effects...I start to panic that I have lost all of my pictures that I have loaded on the computer. It is pretty sad that we have come to completely rely on these gray boxes that sit on our counters, desks or floors...of course, now they are also on our phones, mp3 players, cars, or better yet, I am surprised they haven't come up with a mini computer that we access in while in the bathroom!

Computers - are they friend or foe... a necessary evil? But without them - I could not be blogging!