Bad Things Go Uphill Good Things Go Downhill

Again from the same mom (http://www.yourmodernfamily.com/no-technology-week-for-kids/) she talks about what other things that technology does to kids like, their imagination goes downhill, rude attitudes and arguing go uphill, listening goes downhill, not wanting to play with us goes uphill and not wanting to go ion the car if they don't bring their ipods with them. I think that this is insane how much kids are willing to do just to get to go on their ipods and ipads, like not wanting to go in the car unless you have that is insane. Who knows what will happen next.

Less Of That!

Today I read about a mom who was the author of this article (How Our No Technology Week Changes Our Kids http://www.yourmodernfamily.com/no-technology-week-for-kids/) she said she loved technology and all however it made her kids want the iPad more and made them argue more. She had enough of this technology. I think that I can agree with her point because me and brother used to get along pretty well until I stared going on my Ipod more and more we started having more arguments. However I didn't know it was because of that.

Late Night Calls With Grandma

It was late at night with a full moon chilly air, and I was in my room sitting on my bed. I decided to choose my grandma because I haven’t talked to her in months so I thought it would be good to talk to her again, since I hadn’t asked my interview questions to my grandma yet. So I decided to text her. “Hey grandma can I call you tonight and ask you the interview questions?” I texted her. Then she replied back “Yes you can certainly call me.” Before I called her I quickly jumped out of my bed and ran and got my notebook and pencils ready to go for her answers. I started calling  her and she picked up right away. “Hello?” I said and she quickly responded “Hi.” right after. Although it was just one simple word her voice had sounded very light and weak however it was very quick. She sounded so happy because she hasn’t heard from me in a while and she was so happy to hear my voice that she didn’t know what to say.

She was with a friend and she told me that they were in a elevator then the car because he was driving to Macy’s to go shopping. However she said “ I’d rather talk to you way more than shop.” which I thought was really sweet. Some of the reasons my grandma sounded weak was because she wasn’t doing too well. She barely eats and she’s pretty skinny for her age. Before I had asked my questions she always brought back the memories of when I was little and she was kind of lost in her memories of when I was little. I guess she kind of used words from back then but they are also from our time too she used slumber party which isn’t that old but we don’t really use in now and days. Also when I asked her the questions she didn’t give me too much details except for my last question so I had to say “more details please.” the whole time.

My first question was “What was your wildest adventure?” I said. She had to think about it for a little before she could answer my question. She had two wild adventures instead of one. Her first one was when she was 13 years old and she went to a Girl Scout Camp for three nights at Apple River Wisconsin. She told me her favorite part about it was that one of the nights there was a big campfire and she made smores for the first time ever! Her second wildest adventure was when she was a cheerleader. She said “I was so happy when they picked me to be a cheerleader!” and it made me happy cause she sounded very joyful about it. She also said “All the cheerleaders were screaming very loud at my school all the time.” and I wanted to ask why but I knew it would be for a really crazy reason anyway.

My second question was “What was your most embarrassing memory?” and I was really excited to to hear what she had to say cause embarrassing memories are always the best. She was describing how when she had a sleepover with some of her friends that the first one who fell asleep would get peanut butter on her but and...that was her. That would be really gross to wake up too. My next question was “When you were my age what was your best birthday party like?” I asked this one because it could give me an idea for a next birthday party maybe unless it’s way to crazy. Honestly I’ve never heard of this kind of party before though. She told me her dad bought her a black pony named Pony Rivers and she let all her friends ride on him. There was loud music in the background while the white cake with yellow frosting was sitting there on the table uneaten. Interesting party right?

My second to last question was “What is your favorite memory with friends?” At first she just told me going to the swimming pool but then she said “Sun tanning with my best friend.” She also told me about the Dibble Dabble Sticks Game. It’s where you eat popsicles. Then the you have the sticks after and someone throws one of them in the pool and then the people who are playing have to try to find the stick. Then the last thing is you have to dive down and try to be the first one to grab the stick. She told me that she was a pretty good swimmer and so she got to the stick first. My very last question was “What is your scariest moment?” Personally I didn’t have many scary moments so this was a good question to ask. She said it was when I was three years old and I was in karate, my grandma had forgot everything in her car. Her keys her bag and then me too and the car was locked so she couldn’t get to me.

“I was freaking out and called people to come get you out by breaking the window!” she screamed. I was three and I didn’t know what was going on and I didn’t know how to unlock the doors or anything, so I was kind of trapped. Luckily an old friend of my grandma went up to the window I was sitting next to, and she started pointing to the lock and telling me to open it. It’s good that I could at least understand words, so I opened the car door instead of having the window be broken.

It was really good to talk to my grandma, we had laughs and little “What…?” then she just laughed at each other. I’ve actually learned a lot from this conversation that I had with her, like to never forget about anything in the car especially the keys. Also to never fall asleep first or peanut butter will happen, except I’m usually not the one that falls asleep first anyway. What was really surprising to me was that for her 13th birthday she got a pony. Not like it's a bad thing or anything but a pony for a birthday present, it’s a little crazy. Overall though it was a really good talk with her. Also the next days, the days after I called her she called me two times a day. Little tiring but I guess there are more late night calls with grandma.