you can't te(ou)ch me

with this new job comes learning a new database. i've mastered gifts and tessitura as well as some parts of access, so i thought that raiser's edge would be no problem. except that today is the 5th day i've had to call tech support to get help with an export. this really shouldn't be too hard. i'm young, semi-technologically savvy (recently one of our it guys called me a fast mouser), and i can type 60+wpm. so why can't i get this whole query-to-export thing down? have i gotten mentally old? are cobwebs forming in the crevices of my brain 8 years early? what about when i finally recieve my mp3 player (which should be today!); will i drop it and run for the hills, afraid of new technology? or can i overcome this fear of the new and semi-uncomplicated and embrace my newfound export skills? sure, i could read the manual, but that would be too easy. it's like asking for directions. since i'm a woman, i'd rather ask for help than stare maddeningly at a map for hours with no sense of completion in sight. time to embrace my femininity. bring it on.