Here's to you Mom

I have to give Mom credit. She sure knows how to challenge herself. I can only hope to be able to learn new things as well as she can when I'm her age. In only a couple of years, Mom has become pretty darn proficient on her computer and now surfs the net as well as the rest of us junkies. Last night as we spoke about her upgrading to a new computer, I realized just how far she's come. It's been a long, long time since she's emailed me word for word the text of an error message (She still runs Windows 98 so you can imagine how often that would be). She knows what constitutes a "window" and how to move, re-size and close it. Installing a new program no longer means a trip home for me. I can now telecommute for these assignments. She can "lol" and "brb" like the kids and knows that "google" can be used a verb. Sure there are still a few things she still needs to learn. It's "download" and not "load down" (but, I get it, so it doesn't really matter. It just makes me smile) Things like "cut and paste" still take a bit of effort (and I'm sure she checks her copious notes for the step by step). But all in all, I'm pretty damn impressed.
Here's to you Mom... you internet junkie you.
See ya online!