Reboot THIS You ...

I admit patience is not one of my virtues. Do I even have virtues? One virtue? Oh, but I digress... saved from contemplating that by an actual chain of thought... I am allowed to have downtime. My electronic devices are not! As long as electricity and batteries are functioning, so should every apparatus connected to them. There is nothing more frustrating to me than contraptions with chips that are performing sub-optimally (as my son would say). I hate my increased dependence on machines I cannot communicate with or threaten, my preferred communication style. The list of possible offenders increases relative to my frustration level. The computer, wireless keyboard, mouse, mp3 player. We paid good money for these wonders of technology and when I'm unable to use them for their intended purpose, well, it's not pretty. And let me just state for the record, I am not computer illiterate and am fairly well educated. But when I have to wait for a family member to come home and straighten out these derelict devices, I'm relegated to the helpless girl role. Not a part I play well. The biggest question of all -- What's the point of testing my patience when I freely admit I have none?