un-wired   

i got my first desk style pc when i was 19. got the internet a couple months later. it its indescribable how this changed my life. i became a computer addict with a quickness. hit me so hard too. wasnt too long before i was telling my friends and family no to things that i would normally do so i could sit in front of the computer. totally changed my life.

and i still didnt know the awesomeness of a personal laptop computer, that no one in the whole world would ever turn on, but me.....

two years ago my husband got me a shiny new lap top with his tax check. was the nicest thing anyone has ever given me as a gift. i loved my computer very much. it died a about 4 maybe 5 months ago new. i have just been lost with out it.

i loved my personal laptop computer so much that i started doing all my writing on it instead of my journal books. now i did have most of it saved so i didnt lose my writing along with the computer but i still cant get to it cuz its all on disk and i have just now had the chance to find someone to let me use their computer once in a while.

in the mean time all this time without a computer has made me remember how much i loved having a desk set up for writing instead of a computer. there is so much room for my stuff on my desk now. nothing is crammed in and i can have a large desk calender again too. its been very strange learning to live life without computer. strange but good.

now that tax check time is here again we are looking at computers for me. but my way of thinking and doing things has changed a bit and i want to keep it. my husband got me one of those usb drive things and it seems way cool. i am gonna get all my writing saved on it so i will have it handy, then i can print so i can tape them in my journals and keep hand writing most things. i forgot how therapeutic hand writing is for me. i think that we are gonna get me one of those little note book computers so it dont take up too much room and i can keep a handful of portable storage things and be set up sweetly.

now all i gotta do is get me a sewing machine and start my custom made purse to carry all this stuff! you know that my computer and writing books are as important to my disaster survival bags as the water and extra socks!

can you relate to this? tell me your thoughts, tips or similar experiences.