She Used To Be My Enemy

I have been thinking about how to write about this for a very long time and to be honest, I am starting it without knowing 100% where it's going to go.

Today, I decided to write about my number one reader. I don't think I ever told this person that I was writing this since it just kind of happened but since she found out from a relative, I am pretty sure she checks this on a regular basis and hasn't become a follower for fear of embarrassing me. She may not comment here, but she still tells me what she thinks. Haven't guessed who this is yet?

It's my mom.

My mom constantly reminds me that it was a good idea to leave the people I went to high school with and try living in a new place where I couldn't run home every time I had a problem (like that pesky thing called laundry). She is endlessly supportive and puts up with me which I don't always understand. In my mind, she is an amazing parent and I couldn't ask for a better mom, she keeps me grounded and I trust her with everything.

Facebook for parents is becoming more popular and I will admit that I made them for both of my parents. My mother's initially started after my trip to India because it was the best way to show off all of my pictures. Now, she keeps in contact with her own friends but still has full access to my facebook. With all of the things that are broadcast about the questionable things that happen and then get posted on facebook, it makes me think, would I want my mother to see that? She will not only see it, she will comment on it. Sometimes in college we forget that there is a real world outside the bubble that we experience everyday but things like that keep me grounded.

Yes, sometimes parents drive us crazy with the seven billion ways that they can reach us (just ask my sister, it seems to drive her crazier than it does me) and we forget how support they really are but they never cease to surprise us.

College changes our relationships with our parents and in my case, I would like to think it's for the better. Eh, my mom will probably tell you that too since claims I got nicer when I went to college. She also will probably laugh at the title but also not realize the song its from. I really didn't have the energy to be creative with the title and most of the other lines in that song were too long, too weird or way too sappy and then she really would have not been happy with me and I have to see her in about a week.

But beyond where we should have gone?

So I am sitting here, in Linderman Library,trying to imagine what college would be like without all of the technology that runs my life. Today, I woke up to the alarm on my phone, and then checked my facebook before putting on my iPod to walk to class. I know other people who use their computers to take notes but I am still committed to being the one to hand write all of my notes since it actually helps me retain all of the things that I am writing. My next class requires not one but two calculators to make sure that I can actual do the work without it taking what I deem to be forever. All of this and I have checked my phone for e-mail, texts and time updates probably about a dozen times.

Without the technology that we have today, I would not have been able to have done all of my work for the first half of the week by Monday night without seeing my group members since it was all done via e-mail not to mention that I am available constantly by phone. I know and remember a time when cell phones were not anywhere near as popular as they are today but now, it seems pretty near impossible to function without one.

I guess I was thinking about this to really ponder if education has gotten any better as a result of all of this technology. I mean, for the most part, we still have classes where we meet face to face with a professor. The professor might be easier to get a hold of but when we have problems, we still want to schedule time to work out to see them in person. I guess what I am trying to say is that sometimes all of this technology is overwhelming (and the "Ten Things I Hate About You" quote comes to mind whenever I say that word) but I still have to look for moments when I know that humanity will win out and technology won't win. Video chatting is great and all but it's not as good as seeing someone.

Okay, so I think I lost my point a little in there but I have to go give a tour now and then the rest of the day is a little insane but good bye for now.