joyce's world

I recently discovered blogging through reading Joanna Bogles article in The Catholic Herald, and thought I might like to try. I'm almost a newcomer to computing and often find it very frustrating, such as when I've typed something it suddenly all dissapears. I end up throwing my hands in the air crying I shall never get the hang of this! I rely on my two sons ( who are in the business) who come along and swiftly run their hands over keys and say, you just do this, and just do that, it's easy Mum, nothing to it! Huh! who are they kidding.

I booked a six weeks course in the local College, in the end I did'nt know if I was coming or going, my head was in a spin, made worse that their computers were different to mine, I was just getting the hang of one lesson when the Tutor swiftly went on to explain something else, I ask if she can wait while I finnish a sentance, but not a bit of it, I was told I could finnish it at home etc. Feeling very much the new girl, I feebly kept my head down, my chair seemed low, the man next to me offered to raise the seat, no, you'll have to get up first, he said, which I did, but sat down again a little too quickly nearly crushing his hand in the mechanism. Another thing, I wear glasses for close work but somehow I could'nt view the screen terribly well, so off I went to the Optician and explained the situation, a new pair of specs just for my computer work, so next time I was ready, there was a lot to take in and I was'nt quick enough, missing a word hear and there, well being partly deaf does make it a little difficult, the person next to me asked,did you get that? sorry I said, I cant quite hear, I missed another bit. Thinking I might do better next time, the Tutor said, no more classes for the next two weeks, just as well, I needed a holiday.