Friday, September 5, 2008

Naked

"I just sent a picture of myself with no clothes on over the Internet." After deciding that the sentence I had just heard was new at the top of my list of Things You Never Want to Hear Your Mother-in-law Say, I struggled to find the appropriate response. Surprisingly to me, the first words out my mouth was "To who?"

The story that unfolded could only be found in the land of Juju. Jamey's mother was showering when she heard my phone (still confiscated after several months) ringing. Completely ignoring her previous lesson of not getting my phone wet, she leaped from the shower to answer it. Right here is one big difference between my mother-in-law and myself. I cannot imagine what possible phone call she might be receiving that is so important a shower cannot wait. Regardless, she missed the call and frantically tried to find out who it had been.

Cell phone use it not my mother-in-law's forte. Whatever hurdles she faces with new technology are exceeded by her lack of eyesight and hearing. As she punched buttons randomly she heard the sound of a camera clicking and then saw that the phone was saying "Sent". Now is probably a good time to mention that Juju thinks that the cell phones use the "Internet".

With story fully explained, I reassured her she would have only taken a picture of the floor since she was looking at the keypad. I then checked the pictures just to be sure and there was nothing there.

Juju has moved out of our house now and I find myself with time to Blog again. Sorry for the August blackout. No picture this post, but would you really want one?