It’s funny how much irony plays a role in our daily
lives. Well, not funny “ha-ha,” but
funny “interesting.” In fact, irony is
almost NEVER “ha-ha” funny when it happens to us. It’s really funny when it happens to someone
else, though. So, here are the two
ironic things that happened to me yesterday, neither of them being funny “ha-ha,”
more like bang-your-head-against-the-wall annoying.
I never ever update software. I probably have the oldest possible version
of everything on my computer and phone. And
I am ok with that. Brett has warned me
that sometimes updating software is not a good idea, because updates can have
bugs and can cause major problems – sometimes it’s best to wait a few days and
see if any issues come up with the newest version of any software before
downloading it. And sometimes “updates”
could be viruses in disguise. So, I just
let him handle the updating, and I always “just say ‘no’!” So, last night I was trying to download some
pictures off my iPhone onto my computer (which I have no idea how to do). Somewhere along the way I had iTunes giving
me a friendly reminder that my iPhone was horribly out of date and needed the
latest update. I started to click “NO
WAY” and then remembered that Brett had told me recently that I do occasionally
need to update my software, just make sure it is from a reliable source. So, I decided to get with the rest of the
country and update my iPhone. A few
seconds later my phone was black. No
response no matter what button I pushed and whether I unplugged it or not. I plugged it back in and iTunes gave me
another friendly message that my iPhone was in recovery mode and needed to be
reset to factory settings. By the way,
this means losing all data, photos, videos, etc. The sad irony here is that the only reason I
started this unfortunate dialogue with iTunes in the first place was that I was
trying to GET my photos off my phone.
And now they are in some cyber dumpster in another galaxy never to be
recovered. This is precisely why I NEVER
update my software. And I will go back
to my antiquated ways as soon as I finish mourning the loss of my photos and
videos.
The second element of irony to this whole event relates back
to those pictures and videos. I NEVER
let my kids play with my iPhone. I’m not
one of those moms who hands her phone over at restaurants, in the car, in
waiting rooms, or wherever. My $200
phone is mine and it is not a toy and I have no desire to have to replace it because
one of my children dropped it and broke it.
So, as I mourn those vanished videos and photos, I realized another very
ironic thing. The two videos that I am
the most upset about losing were videos that the kids took of each other. On two separate occasions, each of the kids
hijacked my phone, typed in my password (which they have memorized and I need
to change!), and took a short video of the other, interviewing them and asking
silly questions. One video was done by
Pierce of Sydney and the other by Sydney of Pierce. In each of the videos, they do their little
interview, which is SO cute, and then you hear my voice in the distance and the
video abruptly stops! Caught! They weren’t supposed to be using my phone
and they knew it, but the resulting video was so adorable and I am just heart-broken
that they are gone. The wobbly filming, sweet
little voices, mispronounced “l’s” and all that cuteness is gone. The videos that weren’t supposed to be filmed
were my favorites. Painfully ironic.
There are two morals to this story:
1.
NEVER update your software!
2.
Go back up your favorite files right now,
people!
