I love my kids, and I love technology. We recently had a wonderful family visit to the Java Loft here in Clovis on my wife’s birthday. The iPod touch was brought out to curb an impending tantrum from our youngest, and soon all three of our kids were sucked in to an episode of Dexter’s Laboratory.
Needless to say, there wasn’t much conversation after that.
As a parent, I now have a new goal in educating our youngest child:
We are heading to Albuquerque tomorrow afternoon in order to catch an early Saturday morning series of flights to Manchester, New Hampshire for a week long Autumn vacation, and I can’t wait!
But on second thought, do we have everything packed? Are we forgetting anything we won’t be able to get in the granite state? Should I pack an emergency stash of green chili? And worst of all: will we survive over 8 hours on 3 different planes with a teething 13 month old? Will the airline kick us off, or simply add us to the no-fly list after our trip is over?
On a more positive note, I feel a bit liberated by knowing I won’t be taking a computer. Sure, I’ll probably check my email once a day or more with my iPod Touch, but there’s something refreshing about packing light. Two iPods, my DSLR, and camcorder…oh yeah, and clothes and stuff I guess. Here we go!
