At 5 a.m. the central sound system in my son's very modern home began blaring. Yikes! I jumped out of bed not exactly sure what to do. Questions tumbled through my mind..."Why is it on?" "Who turned it on?" "Did the grandchildren program it to come on so early as a prank?" "How do I turn it off???"
I found a control panel in the bedroom but for the life of me could not find the right buttons to either turn it off or decrease the incredible volume. The print is so small on stuff these days and when your heart is pounding and all you can think of is 'Turn it off!' finding glasses is not even on the radar.
I bolted down two flights of stairs to the kitchen and finally managed to find a volume control that worked. My granddaughter later showed me where the power button is to simply turn it off. I'm sure I hit the power button to no avail in the bedroom.
My heart still pounding I went back to bed, grateful that the children weren't all awake and either scared or laughing at me. Before falling asleep again questions plagued me..."Will it come on again?" "Who turned it on the first time?" "What's going on here?"
I also became aware that I had not experienced any pain during this workout. Adrenaline does wonders.
At the breakfast table a few hours later I questioned all the grandchildren about this incident. Thankfully only one had even heard it and they all assured me they had not set it to come on. The oldest of the four suggested perhaps there had been a power surge that triggered it and indeed there had been some flickering lights at bedtime.
Ah yes, modern technology. What would we do without electricity and all the modern gadgets we have become so blindly accustomed to using? Next time you use one of these modern day wonders, especially if it's frustrating you, be grateful for it all, and, perhaps ask a child to show you how to use it efficiently.
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Love reading your posts -- keep it up.
Don't feel too bad mama. I've been asking those kids how to use the gadgets in their house for YEARS...
And I can't use the cd player at 'my' house either...I can't figure out how to make it play since it is hooked up to about 87 other machines. Well, maybe 2. I did get it to work, once, kind of. It played. I couldn't make it do anything else, like go faster/slower or skip a song, but it played. I made him promise to tell me slowly sometime so I can write down instructions.
Right now I usually just use a mini player with headphones. Or play the simple, straight forward one beside my bed in my alarm clock. Sigh.
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