Today I phoned my Aunt Albina in Poland to wish her a Merry Christmas. Arranged it with her grandson last night on face book. What did we ever do before facebook? It was through facebook that my family here in Canada made the connection with our family in Poland back in March and I visited there in October.
And to think, the only reason I joined facebook in the first place was for an assignment for a mandatory course called "Church Leadership in the 21st Century" my first year in seminary. I scored a whopping C on the assignment all because I did not know what WiFi was. Guess I am too old to fully comprehend some things . . . like . . . BFF. My 6 year old granddaughter had to educate me on that one. I had to get wireless internet, join facebook and join the group in order to get the instructions for the assignment. I had my first and only migraine over that assignment. I had just returned home from a trip to India during reading week Feb 2009. Drove into town to school the next morning and knocked on my faculty advisor's office door at precisely 9:30 am. He looked up, said good morning and informed me that our meeting was the following week, but since I was there and he had time we had our one and only meeting. Jet lag does interesting things with your brain. I had to get the farm books ready for the accountant to do our taxes that week and double booked him the same hour I was getting my teeth cleaned. I chose the dentist and left my bookkeeper/daughter-in-law to deal with the accountant. Did I mention that I had a research paper due on the Vatican II Council that week?
I worked feverishly over that facebook assignment, mostly trying to figure out how to find the group and the video instructions. Facebook had just changed its format and I was just trying to figure out facebook. I had 2 friends and belonged to 1 group that I could not find. I have a lot more friends now and know how to find my way around until facebook updates changes. Two years later one of the young students educated me on WiFi and the fact that every student at that university had access to free high speed internet simply by signing in with their student number. Now that is another story.
Interesting how easy it is to go off on a tangent . . . ADHD kicking in . . . love it . . .
My Aunt Albina talks about our visit every time some of the family get together. I am told she has a new focus on life. She turned 88 last week. Can hardly wait until I return to visit again in the coming year.
We also had dinner at my son's house today. It was wonderful to have both my children and their families together. Watching our 22 month old granddaughter help Grampa unwrap his present. Every bit of paper torn off had to go into the recycle bin immediately. I did take pictures but left the camera there. Oops.
Farmers always have to come home early to do the chores. My daughter and I ended up watching the movie Julie and Julia. I howled throughout as I recalled my own experiences in college 43 years ago learning how not to make tomato aspic and fry fish as well as recently being challenged to start blogging to work on my writing skills. Now that is yet another story and I am babysitting tomorrow so . . .
Blessings,
Chris
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