Have you ever felt helpless? Did you want to do everything you could to help and couldn't? Do you have more than one computer, phone or electronic gadget in your home and life. Well I have, I did and yes I do.
One of the worst things that has ever come into my life, was the computer. Not for the reasons you may think. Most people would think it is because I hate working with them. I am on them all the time when I am at work, putting in tons of information and looking up multiple things on most people. You see I'm a nurse. That is part of my normal daily routine while working. The computer supplies me with the information I need to do a great job of taking care of my patients. Problem is when something is omitted from that information. That is when the problems arise. I am lucky, over the years, I have learned to trust my gut instincts.
When we arrive at work, the first thing we do is cuss at the computer, because it will not do what we want it to. We try to enter the names of the patients that we will be caring for during that shift. For some reason, there is usually some swearing and huffing and puffing associated with that task. Then the report is received from the off going nurse. Now the work starts.
We trudge from room to room with a cheery smile and dragging a cart that is our "Mobile work station" or what used to be our "COW" ( computer on wheels). That name was quickly changed when a pleasantly drugged patient thought we were talking about her when someone said "get that cow out of the hallway". HAHAHAHAHA good glory, people can be so self absorbed. Anyway, we drag these lovely machines in and out of each and every patients room. Our medications are passed and scanned with the aid of a documentation program. Our dressings and medications are all carried in these lovely machines.
Any hoo I digress. Not sure what we did before all these contraptions. Nursing was so much simpler back then. You looked things up in the chart, not the computer. The doctors actually spoke to you not through you. The reports were read and entered into the charts. Now everything is black and white and on a screen in front of you.
Funny, I never thought I would ever have a computer of my own, till we started our business. OMG, now I have two lap tops, two desk tops, two phones that are Internet accessible, and an I Pod that can get on line. When does it stop. The technology of today is so vast and overwhelming.
I spoke to one friend of mine today that said that she did not have a computer, and had no intentions of getting one anytime soon. She also runs her business on paper. It is nice to see that there are some simple things in life that are still around.
Where does it end. Everyone has a phone, computer, i pod, mp3, nook, kindle, I pad, notebook and the list goes on and on. What happened to playing outside and having fun. Computers in the schools, work, home. We are becoming an automated society. Not sure where it will end.
Never thought I would say this, but I am lost without it now. My phone is attached to me no matter where I go. Wonder what would happen if there was a massive power outage. Would people know what to do, where to go, and lord help us all, what would we do without our internet access. Pretty scary isn't it? Maybe we should not be so reliant on the electronics of today. We seem to be helpless with out them.
Anyway, here is to the self reliant people who have held out. You know the ones, with no gadgets hanging on their belt, in their ears, or purses. To the ones of us who rely on the computer age for everything, you need to befriend one of the dinasours of the computer age. They will be a good friend to have when all these electronics crash and we are helpless. Those friends may pull us through and again teach us the old ways when we were not helpless and scared when the lights went out. HAHA. Put down your blackberries, your laptops, your IPads and go outside and enjoy life. A life without computers.
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