I Am A Technology Whore

I can't help it!

As much as I sometimes hate technology......

mostly because someone is always asking me to fix it for them.

I just crave the latest and greatest.

Right now I would definitely consider myself an Apple maniac.

I have it all iPad, MacBook, iPod and now a company supplied iPhone.

I do not know how I existed without this thing.

It is actually replacing Amber as my most trusted companion.

The boy wanders around the house aimlessly searching for his mother while I sit quietly holding my beloved device awaiting the chime from a new email or text message.

I downloaded the most awesome ringtones.....

Harry Potter theme for all calls

Mrs Weasley's howler for when Amber calls

Pam from TrueBlood saying Blah Blah Vampire Emergency Blah whenever I get a text message!

I am so giddy with excitement.

Please don't tell Microsoft about my new found love or they may take my MCSE Certification away.

I secretly have a new goal to become an Mac Genius

That is what they call their tech experts geniuses 

How cool would that be?

Sorry am I nerding out on you? 

I apologize

Yesterday while dropping my son off to my lovely sister in law

my niece Ashley crawled out of bed at the early hour of 8 am 

I immediately looked outside to see if the apocalypse had started because 

Ashley does not rise until at least noon 

With sadness she cradled her beloved Mac

"My Mac is dead" she said 

Unfurling my tech superhero cape I said

"Let me have a look"

It was indeed very sick but I new I could heal it so I convinced her to let me take it

I gently walked it to my car and placed it in the seat beside me 

I immediately began the diagnosis and was able to replace the hard drive and bring her baby back to life!

And the crowd roared!

Well me making the roaring crowd sound filled the room but whatever!

You see this was my first Mac repair

I can rip any PC out of deaths clutches but this is the first time I saved a Mac

Sorry nerding out again

Although I do loathe technology and its lack of personal contact

I do crave its genius and all the magic it holds

How about you? What do you think of technology?

My "Real" Job

When I am not scaring my children, dreaming of Wellies, reading or fantasizing about being a writer

I go to my real job.

I work as an IT Manager for a Hotel and Conference Center. It's a nice place to work. The people are great but it is overshadowed by my complete loathing of my job.

As the IT Manager I oversee all of the technology within the building....so if your printer stops printing, call me. You download a virus from a website you shouldn't be on, call me. The server crashes, call me.

You decide that there are too many cables under your desk so you cut a couple and then can't figure out why your computer doesn't work, call me.

And because I am so great they call me at any time day or night.

Vacations? what vacations

Maternity Leave? The baby naps right?

After throat surgery and you can't talk? Use Morse Code by tapping the phone with a pen

I also assist with the various technology problems of our guests.

 I especially enjoy when I receive a call from our concierge to assist a guest and when I approach the guest I am he/she informs me that they are waiting for the I.T. Guy.

I then have to say I am the I.T. Guy how may I help. This honestly usually happens with men it is as if they have never seen a woman in the technology industry before.

The good thing about being an I.T. Guy is that I never have to pay for anyone to fix my computer.

The bad thing is my family thinks that it means they never have to pay anyone to fix their computer.

No one ever calls my office to say Hi! How are you? Nice Day Today!

It's always Complaint Complaint Complaint

Problem Problem Problem

Whine Whine Whine (and not the good kind without the h)

I do love technology and the many conveniences it provides.

I could not and would not live without my iPad

My daughter and I stood in line for over two hours the day the iPad 2 came out

I love my MacBook but I am a PC person

My desk is kind of like mega desk from The Office

If you watch the office it is the one where Dwight creates a desk while Jim is on vacation

he calls it mega desk here is a quote from the show:

Jim: What do we got here?
Dwight: Mega-Desk.
Jim: Of course.
Dwight: Command central.
Jim: Hm hm.
Dwight: Surveillance, gaming- and business.
Jim: Okay. [Pulls desks apart] Just gotta...
Dwight: Okay. Come on! Jim!

Dwight: Dweedle Dee and Dweedle Dumb-ass have been away on maternity leave. Now Dweedle Dumb-ass is back, and we have a problem. Yes, getting hooked on Mega-Desk was my own damn fault. But ... I don't care about assigning blame. All I care about is Mega-Desk. That is all I care about. Getting. More. Mega-Desk

It's the one good thing about my job I get to have a real mega desk and no one can take it away from me...because no one else wants this job!

see my iPad? Awesome right?