You've Got Mail!

I spent the day with my mom and had a great time. We didn't do anything special or different, we dined together, ran errands and did grocery shopping all things that made me very appreciative to have my mom in my life to do these things with.

We watched the film You've Got Mail on the 'E' cable channel and I was reminded of my father-in-law, the only person in my life who used and loved AOL. The man loved hearing three words: You've Got Mail.

Without fail each visit resulted in me repairing his OS, fixing something awry with AOL, reinstalling AOL or uninstalling AO-Hell after an automatic update that wasn't ready for the wild or updating drivers.

The one consistent thing my FIL and I shared was his love and addiction to AOL and my ability to keep his addiction operating smoothly. It might take me an hour or two each visit to get things working again but I never failed him.

He's departed earth for almost four years this February and as much as his AOL-related tech support taxed me and made me nuts, I now reminisce with very fond memories.