Life Unplugged

My computer broke down at one of the most busiest times of the year-the first week of school, first week of Sunday School (I'm the director), and the week I decide to begin a blog. Duh! You need a computer to have a blog.

Like many families we are not limited to one computer per family. Hubby and teenage daughter have laptops but working on them is like staying at someone else's house. It's just not the same. It's not home. I did, although, create my first blog entry on daughter's laptop.

Admittedly I certainly was not living computer-free. I had my Iphone and a very lame outdated office computer. I learned to depend more on my Iphone as my computer information resource, twitter-facebook playground and calendar. One definite disadvantage is that you can't print from your phone.

Life without my computer changed slightly. I probably watched more television instead of procrastinating by surfing the web. I didn't get the family calendar organized and the stack of papers on the dining room grew exponentially.

The aspect I missed most was access to my photos. Photography (just my little daily life shots) have become my journal. Being able to take photos, view and share them immediately has become a connection I didn't realize had become so crucial to me.

But other than the photos, life wasn't as dependent on the computer as I would have thought.

I actually liked using the excuse that I couldn't get to certain things because my computer was "in the shop". I even began to like the instant sympathy when I told someone that my computer crashed. It sometimes illicits looks of total devastation from friends. "You poor thing."

While at the repair shop, I called to check on the patient hoping to gain an early less severe diagnosis and ultimately early discharge. But once it was ready I didn't rush to pick it up. Could I be learning that I can function without it? Yeah. But it's not as much fun and it's not as efficient.

Back home now, the desktop machine rests in it's home office waiting to be connected. Still unplugged. It's not psychological. It's laziness.