You know that book, "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"? This is my afternoon like that...
If you give a mom an iPad that goes to school that is to old to run the updated communication program she will have to choose a different, newer iPad to take it's place.
When she goes to update the new iPad she will see that it doesn't have the Facebook app on it so no one can update Max's Facebook page from it.
If it doesn't have the app she will download it and then she will see that she needs to log in with Max's email and password.
When she realizes she doesn't know the email or password she will swear, (j/k! well not j/k) and she will go back to the old iPad to see what it says about his account.
When she looks at his account she will see a very old email address associated with it that she does not remember.
When she tries to remember the email and password she will realize that she has no recollection of that email ever and no passwords that she tries will work and then she swears again.
While she is swearing she will start to think about where she might have written down either the FB info or the email info.
When she thinks about where to look she will go to the file folder for Max and find a sticky note with an email and a password (EUREKA! EUREKA? Maybe?).
When she tries the email and password on Facebook it won't work, when it won't work on FB she will try it on gmail.
When she tries it on gmail it will WORK!!! The angels sing and there is a small glimmer of hope in her heart that she might be able to solve this problem until she realizes that the email she just cracked was completely unrelated to Facebook so while she has successfully gotten into the email she is no closer to logging on to FB.
While being sad that she is still locked out of FB she will think of his school email address and wonder if that might be of any help.
When thinking about the school email she realizes she doesn't know how to log into that.
While thinking about how to log on to that she remembers that she has another smart child who does know how to log on to school email and she will ask for her help.
While getting help from child #2 she will remember that the log in for his email is written on a sticker in his communication notebook.
In looking for the communication notebook she feels smart and is able to log into the school email.
In her victory over the school email she will again realize she has again cracked AN email but not THE email.
More swearing, and sweating because hot flashes...
While cursing menopause and mulling over the problem, she will try to reset the password for FB but won't be able to because the email that is associated with the account is still the one that she can't get into and the phone number associated with it also no longer exists.
When she realizes she can't get into it she will feel sad and defeated.
While feeling sad and defeated she will remember that she might have written down the email and password for Facebook in one of Max's older communication notebooks.
While trying to remember if she wrote it down she realizes she must first find the old notebook.
While looking for the notebook she will marvel that it is right where she remembered it was which is great for the current adventure but also a result of having shoved it on a shelf.
While thinking about the shelf she will feel bad about her disorganized ways.
After feeling disorganized for a minute she feels happy that she found the notebook but sad that no passwords are inside.
When she finds no passwords she will go in search of the notebook from the year before.
When she goes looking she will feel afraid that it is lost forever before gathering her courage to search the awful and disorganized scrapbooking room.
While searching the scraproom she will find the notebook quickly and feel happy again.
While feeling happy she found it she will feel badly again about her disorganized ways.
After feeling badly, she will soon start feeling happy because she has found THE email and THE password for Max's Facebook account!!!!
The angels will trumpet as she types it into the site and it works!!!
While reveling in her victory she will quickly write down all that she has learned that afternoon and then put the paper in the folder where it belongs but not before she takes a picture of the info because the only place things are truly safe and easy to find is by putting them in her phone!
While being grateful for her phone she will remember that now the newer iPad has Facebook again but it still needs the communication program updated.
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