Some of you already know, but this weekend I was forcibly "unplugged." Friday my computer was behaving badly in the morning and by afternoon, was completely down. Thank goodness it's still under warrantee, so I can send in to have it repaired. However, in the meantime, I had to go purchase a new "backup" computer, so that I would have someplace that I could work and access my online data backup. I just got a basic laptop, nothing fancy, but something that will get me through.
I got my new workstation home, and instantly began downloading my backup files. Holy cow! I had over 200,000 document and graphics files that I needed to download! Once it started, I really couldn't do a whole lot else besides sit around and wait for it to finish. After almost 72 hours of non-stop downloading I'm back in the game.
While I was "unplugged" though, I realized how long it has been since I spent a weekend without once checking my email, browsing through
Amazon,
working,
Stumbling, or even just checking the weather on my computer. Instead, since we had great weather, I actually spent most of it outside enjoying my garden, my patio, and
my family.
If you sent me an email over the weekend, I'll get back to you, it's just going to be a bit since I have to wade through a ton of correspondence, so please be patient or try back in a day or so. Even though I have a lot of work to get caught up on, I really enjoyed my time away from the big world that lives inside my computer. In fact, I think I'm going to have to "unplug" much more often. Just not for as long of a time period! ;)
