Give Me the Track Ball

Or to quote Opa, "What a time we live in!" Opa has always wanted to hook up his computer to the television screen. To me that would be "going down in technology" to something like WebTV. But today he finally did it. In our little temporary quarters in the Benham home we now have a computer hooked up to our television. It's very cool, actually. The only problem is such a small one..... While Opa lays up on the bed watching his computer screen, the keyboard and trackball are on the floor in front of the tv. Of course Gavin noticed those two items first thing, and discovered that he could remove the big shiny red ball out of the track ball, and bang it on the keyboard and it makes a really cool noise. He is walking all over the place now, and as soon as he toddled into our room, he made a bee-line for that track ball. He is so cute and happy that we don't want to have to fuss at him, so when his little back was turned, Opa hid the track ball behind the bed. Of course when we wanted to turn off the music to take a nap, no track ball. Hence, "Hand me the track ball" is our new cue to changing the sound, screen, and all things technological in Mimi and Opa's room. Bless Gavin's little heart!

By tomorrow this small inconvenience will have "gone the way of the great white buffalo" because Opa has ordered a wireless keyboard with the mouse attached to it. But for now, we will continue to hide the track ball.