Helpless

I'm a little ashamed to say that I feel so helpless without my trusty computer. Of course, I had to relinquish it because it stopped being quite so trusty. In fact, it was flat-out unpredictable. Yesterday, after a couple months of aggravation, my Dad dropped my laptop off at the Apple store in Dallas.

Wow, have I really been without my laptop for only one day?

I never realized quite how attached I am to that thing. I do almost everything on my computer. It's how I communicate, how I do research, how I write papers, how I look at the weather, how I find out news. It's also how I goof off. I know, without a doubt, that it will be good for me to go this week without a keyboard constantly beneath my fingers. It will be so tough, but so good. This week will be my final week off of Facebook. I decided to fast from Facebook for Lent, and I now have seven days left. Going without an easily accessible computer for a week can only help me in the long run.

Until I get my laptop back I will have to make-do with hurried trips to the computer lab or the library. But you know what? I think I can do it.