After our Sunday morning service last week, Debi and I headed to a friends house to help he, and seventy or eighty of his other friends celebrate his 60th birthday. Ready to nap, we left after only an hour or so, Debi's very understanding: it was a good party.
Our son John showed up at the house not long after us- and before I'd dozed off for the afternoon, with a gift- a web cam for my lap top he'd picked up at Best Buy for only $9.99. I've discovered with computers that if somethings on sale and if it says it's easy to install- avoid it like the plague. But being cheaper than a chicken at Easter, I jumped on the deal and John and I spent the rest of the afternoon trying to get the thing to work.
We started out confident. I've got lots of years messing with computers and John's got over a decade of hard core use and training. No way could a ten dollar piece of equipment get the best of us... 3 hours later... lots of laughs... a few angry exchanges... and minimal success- as reflected below. We took the thing off, set it aside and headed back to our work schedules. No nap for dad.
John's expects alot out of his computers. I just want them to work. This camera didn't fit into either of our standards. That said, in failure and wasted money, we had a fun afternoon together and I was reminded of what a great son I have and how much I enjoy being with him. Sometimes, even the things that fail us provide unexpected moments of success. Enjoy the only video our little camera ever gave us. Know that behind the frustrated faces and father and son were really just glad to hang out together. Life, it's a good thing.
blessings,
Eric
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That is absolutely hilarious!
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