Laptopless

Last weekend, I finally shoe horned Bee's camera away from her so that I could download the last of PQ's wedding pics from last August.  397 pictures downloaded later, and my already on life support laptop, finally died.  And so, I have been laptopless now for a week.

To begin with, I admit, I went into panic mode, as I have done when my last two have breathed their last.  As the week progressed, I have become less stressed by the fact as I drifted even further away from society.

I always felt so cut off before when I was without a laptop at home.  Maybe it's because I've started to retreat from the world a little that I don't feel it as much now that the initial panic has worn off.

I am hardly on FB, one of my close friends recently told me that she's come off it totally, for a variety of reasons but still, not one I ever would have thought would relinquish it's hold, so maybe I was onto something after all.

I don't have regular emails to respond to, I have 1600 junk emails to currently sort through, none of it is from anyone I know.

I get to spend at least 20 minutes on the Internet at work, before work actually starts at 7am, so maybe I'm not suffering withdrawal symptoms just yet.

Come next pay day, my number one priority, was to purchase a new laptop.  I've been eyeing them up for months as I knew that this day would come, pretty soon.  A week in, and I'm wondering... can I go another four weeks, without a laptop at home?

Well, I'm beginning to think that I may in fact, be able to.  Shocking I know, but the reason that I'm able to write now, is down to the fact that I've brought my work laptop home with me this weekend.  (It's allowed, don't worry.)  I can write, check my emails, workout with Ashley Borden via YouTube, that's pretty much all I need just now.  No, I can't store my pictures, download music etc.  But this could tide me over for four weeks.

I had plans for my next pay cheque which did not include a new laptop, and none of that was essential either.

Not sure what I am going to do yet, do I test myself and go laptopless for a while longer, or do I cave, live off Heinz beans with Lea & Perrins for a month and wallow in the glory of a fully functioning, super duper new laptop?