I Must Be Stupid!

Have you ever had a moment in time when it seems that for all your intelligence, you may in fact be the stupidest person God ever created? I'm a resonably intelligent person. In fact I'm of above average intelligence. I did okay on the ACT test; graduated high school in three and a half years (and didn't have the greatest attendance record); graduated college on the Dean's List; aced the Praxis Exam for teachers; and even hold a job and manage to feed and clothe myself without too many fashion faux paus. But, today I'm seriously wondering about my intelligence level. I find that the older I get, the more of those moments I seem to have.
In fact, I just had one of these moments. I was on the phone with one of my oldest friends (old in the sense that we have been best buddies since the 7th grade & that was way back in 1973) and I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to set up a buddy notification system on my computer. I've noticed that whenever I'm on-line, everyone and their brother knows exactly when I signed on. I asked Debby (that's my bestest bud) how they know I'm on-line. She laughed and told me it was "magic." At first I laughed and said "yea, sure," but after our one-sided conversation maybe she was telling the truth and it is in deed magic. As she proceded to try and walk me through the process of setting up a buddy list and notification system, my mind went blank. I couldn't even understand the directions to get more help. As I stared at the screen like a dog watching a floating bone, I could hear Debby in the background laughing at me. She was telling me she couldn't help me if I didn't tell her what I was seeing on the screen. She kept saying she didn't have viewer phone and I would have to explain what was on the screen. I just stared at the screen like an idiot. Finally, she gave one final laugh and hung up the phone.
After trying to figure out this impossible task on my own, I finally gave up and decided maybe I didn't really need to know when my friends were on the computer. Maybe it's true that ignorance is bliss. If I don't know they're on-line, I don't have to defend my stupidity. I can only hope that I will not be called on to perform some exotic computer trick to save my life, because if that happens - I'm in some serious trouble.