Day #1 Night: What the HECK is a pager?!

Night:

I mainly cleaned my room after inhaling my sandwich. (Listen I was very hungry so it's pretty normal) And listened to old CDs such as ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) & Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Armstrong. Here is a link to one of the songs that will always make me nostalgic by the ELO. It just reminded me of car rides with all the windows open, wearing sunglasses, and letting my worries drift away with the wind.

Mr. Blue Sky by ELO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7dTBoW5H9k

Usually, I get distracted and go on my phone for a few hours but that wasn't an option. So instead I gave myself a break, I flopped on my bed and daydreamed thinking about the potential future seeing my friends while we sit around a bond fire and laugh at stories of moments were of being an absolute idiot. Then my train of thought drifted to seeing my grandparents again and being able to have our normal Sunday dinners. Checking up on them asking them if they drank enough today as they counter asking if I finished my homework. The split on weather I did it or not is around 80/20. (you decided on which is which) ;) Although with corona making that nearly impossible, these thoughts were nice and gave me a sense of hope for the future.

Then the next thing I knew I may or may not had accidentally fell asleep. Normally sleeping isn't that easy since I look at my phone and 2 hours later I realize I never took that nap I planned to have. Although when I have my Iphone and after a duration of just mindless scrolling, I feel dissatisfied since it's just the realization that more could've been done, but the route that I chose was instinctual. I didn't even think about going on my phone I just naturally picked it up and got sucked into a hole of mostly unless content.

Then my family had dinner most of the time I pick a movie for us to watch while we eat put instead we talked. This may sound confusing but don't you think it's odd that what once was normal in the past is now considered abnormal and everything just flip flopped. I found from my parents what life was like in the DINOSAUR age before there were smart devices. They had something called pagers? Which would tell them when someone was trying to reach them, and then they would need to find a telephone booth and pay a dime! It's weird to think that people couldn't just contact people whenever they wanted. I feel like in today's day and age the problem is the opposite in which people feel constantly restrained by the constant connection.

As everyone continued talking I asked questions about my family's history on Mom's side. I found out that my grandma met my biological grandpa when she was helping her sister flee to Hong Kong. My biological grandpa was a rich landowner and also the middle man for helping people out. Although when Mom's side moved to America my biological grandpa was in jail because during the time the communist did not favor rich landowners. I also found out that one of the ancestors on Dad's side was a tea merchant for the East Indian Tea Company.

Finding out all of this history was interesting and at the same time saddening; since I'm not sure I would have found this out if I wasn't without my computer and phone. I mean family history shows how values get passed down, how you ended up where you are, and gives you the ability to connect all the dots; yet most of the time we don't have these conversations and overtime the memories are faded from those who hold them.

5/9/20