Today, I dumped a cup of coffee on my laptop. Today, that laptop stopped working correctly. Today, I took that laptop to the computer center to get it fixed, and they said it would cost upwards of $200.
Today, I went without a computer. And tomorrow, I will do the same.
It's an odd feeling, not having the internet at your fingertips anymore. I don't have a smartphone, so sometimes I wonder; what would it be like if someone with a smartphone and a laptop lost both in the same setting? What if they couldn't use either for a week? What would they do with themselves?
And then I laugh, because twenty years or so ago, this was how it was all of the time. I like to think I am doing pretty well (borrowing my roomate's laptop as we speak) without my baby, but I do miss it terribly. I keep thinking "maybe this happened for a reason." Maybe somebody somewhere wants me to learn to be less dependant on the internet and computers. And maybe that's a good thing.
I think when the snow fell today, that was the moment that I realized what should really be important. So, I do not have my laptop. I am suffering. But I will get over it. Things could be much, much worse.
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