Life Unplugged

It started the Friday before Labor Day weekend. My computer had gotten a bad case of the (first cue scary intro music) Blue Screen of Death. Which believe it or not is the true technical term; the pros call it BSOD for short.  I intermittently have had this problem, however, on that Friday I received this screen 5 or 6 times prior to noon.  When you receive the blue screen of death there is nothing you can do but to turn off your computer wait a bit and turn it back on.  Anything you were working on at that moment is gone…..(unless you are one of the smart people who back or save your information every few minutes, I for one, am not) Fortunately for me, my future son-in-law works with computers for a living.  This is unfortunate for him as soon he will be related to me and computers have an aversion to me. So he offered to take my computer for the weekend and run diagnostics on it and fix it if he was able.  I reluctantly turned it over to him. My reluctance had nothing to do with his ability. My reluctance had everything to do with my security, my computer.  I was trying to remember the last time I was computer less.  I think it was before I bought my first laptop. Which I am guessing was about 15 years ago.  It goes with me on vacation. It had become an appendage to my body, much like my phone is.  Luckily I still had my phone; otherwise I would have probably needed to join a 10 step program. Because today my cell phone is more than a phone, it is a smart phone.  It has internet, it has my email, and it has games. Okay the games aren’t truly necessary, but it kills time. AHA! Time killing! Distractions! I discovered that was what my computer was doing quite a bit. True, in today’s environment to run a business you have to have a computer to be competitive. However, with all the social networking, blogs, games, shopping, research and who knows what else, it gets exhausting.  So the little bit of rest I was getting, the reconnecting with my husband and friends were great.  We went to visit some friends on the Sunday/Monday and went to the small Colorado town of Gateway. Gateway has a fabulous resort, restaurant, car museum and NO CELL SITE. I have lost all forms of technological communication. I was in MAJOR WITHDRAWAL. But you know what, I survived. I did better than survive, with having my life "unplugged" I had my inner batteries recharged. I felt fantastic on the Tuesday after the long weekend, so much so that on my next week long vacation I am leaving the computer home….I will however still have my Smartphone though. We all must take baby steps.  I added to the loss log, fashion, beauty and recipe pages as well, let me know what you think.

As always,

Breathe Chic