Making the change...FINALLY

Well I have finally taken the big step. Is it what I thought it would be? Is it going to be worth all the effort into making this relationship what I want it to be? I suppose that only time will tell. When you have lived your life a certain way for so long it’s hard to make such a drastic change. When you reach a certain age you become rather complacent with things being just the way they are. No need for change, no need to rock the boat, no need to fix what isn’t broken….blah, blah, blah. This is not “just” a contract – it’s a complete change of lifestyle. Yes, life has dramatically changed since the last time that I blogged. I have done something that I said I would never do….I have switched to a smart phone.

It has been a big adjustment and I have to say there are still nights that I lay awake and miss my trusty old flip phone. That phone and I have been through a lot. It had more water damage than the Titanic and had been dropped more that Taylor Swift. But yet that good old reliable phone served the purpose until lately and eventually I could just hear it screaming at me “Retire me already – I AM WORE OUT!”

So….I gave in to peer pressure, to the endless taunting of my friends and family, to the embarrassment of being the youngest person in the doctor’s office with a phone that was probably created around the time that Rhianna still had some class. To say it has been a little stressful would be the understatement of the year. I can’t figure out how to get to my voicemail; but yet I have conquered Instagram. I am rather fond of the speaking my texts into the phone instead of typing them the old fashioned way. To be honest, I thought I was only a pre-cert away from carpal tunnel surgery just from using my thumb 3,654 times a day texting my way through life. There’s just something to be said about how people look at you like you are in the Secret Service as you speak quietly into your hand where your phone is concealed. [It is, however, a little bit of a struggle with my southern accent – there are some times I wonder how in the world the words that came out of my mouth turned into what is on my screen!]

Moving forward isn’t as bad as I thought it would be, although I have to confess, it can be rather intimidating to someone as old fashioned as myself. I’m sure than in time this will become easier. In fact, I may even get to the point of actually liking it. I have a daily class with my kids and/or Patrick to teach me something different on my newly acquired friend and in a few days….or 6 months, I might even be allowed to go somewhere alone without supervision and not be afraid of being alone with my electronic pal.

I feel accomplished. I feel like I am slowly catching up to those that have advanced at warp speed ahead of me in the world of technology. Heck, next thing I may try is something called an Ipod.