There was a theory circulating a few years back about how all these modern      conveniences, that we can’t possibly live without today, would afford us the time to indulge in dreams, extra sleep and quality time with friends and families.  It sounded like all these machines and gadgets were designed to make our lives easier and dare I say, even more fulfilling.

Reality check: Well, have you ever had been in the middle of an electronics meltdown, experienced an iphone falling into a porcelain bowl of water or perhaps you played a vigorous game of Wii tennis and now you have a lot of explaining to do about the shattered extra, extra large screen (that ate your sofa, by the way)?  I feel my blood pressure creeping up by just thinking about the next electrical torture device that will darken my mood and take up too much of my precious time.

Sometimes it seems that the world expects us to handle everything high tech without breaking a sweat.  The whole idea of freeing up some time for ourselves comes with the electronic world at large thumbing their collective noses at us. More time for ourselves?  I can’t even get off  my computer. I have fallen into the hi-tech abyss and I can’t get out.

But, I have come up with an exciting new way for driving away from this high-tech stress highway. I am declaring that from this day on that the next time I say I have to turn something on …I will be talking about some sexy guy.

Hmmmm…I need to practice a little more. I just wrote this on my computer! Sorry, I got to turn you off now.