The End Times

My Mum has bought a laptop. It was all her own idea, and she did it all by herself. I did vet it for her before she purchased it of course, but it was a very reasonable deal from Dell, and certainly more than adequate for the purposes for which she wants it. I feel almost proud (although slightly worried that I may have just witnessed one of the first signs of the impending apocalypse).

I really didn't see this coming when I persuaded the rest of my siblings to club together to buy her an iPod for her birthday last year. I thought she'd find it useful, since she teaches line dancing classes and was carting an ever increasingl load of cd's around with her on a regular basis, but at the same time I was concerned that she might find it off-putting, particularly when it came to using the pc and adding songs. For the most part I expected she'd rely on my brothers when it came to such things, but she was keen to learn for herself and seems to have coped admirably. She even replaced the iPod herself when it met an unfortunate fate on holiday (rumours abound that she might have booked the flights online too).

My Mum's bought her first computer. My, how quickly they grow...