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When life gives you lemons…

April 6th, 2010

Last week I had something very strange happen to me…  I was without Internet for two whole days.  Two. Whole Days.  Let me tell you how ridiculously dependent on the Internet I am:

I couldn’t:

- read, check, or send email [I had to find out from Kevin if Colby had soccer practice or not - he had access at work.]

- use the phone (we have Internet Phone)

- use wireless on my iPhone

- read blogs on Google Reader

- write on our blog

- write on any blog!

- print out coupons or store lists

- check Facebook

- watch tv (we watch all our shows on Netflix or Hulu)

So, here are the things I did instead.

- I read books!  Yes, the old adage is true – when there’s nothing to do, pick up a book.  I read The Road and then started Stuff Christians Like.  The differences in tone have made me bipolar.  Just kidding.  Sort of.

- I cleaned out closets and switched the kids’ clothes from winter to summer.

- I threw away papers in drawers that had been collecting dust for awhile.

- I compiled a large amount of items to put away in our attic.

- I organized Easter decorations and wrapped presents for Kennedy’s birthday.

- I did a lot of laundry, dishes, and otherwise cleaning.

- I “went ahead” with my Bible study – I’m doing 2 studies right now and usually I’m behind in one or both of them. [In Community Bible Study, we are studying Genesis, and in a Precepts/Inductive Bible Study we are studying James.]

- I cooked.  A lot.  And planned meals for the next month to 6 weeks.  And froze some things to eat in that time period.

- If there was nothing else to do, I slept, although the kids try to prevent me from doing this during the day.

Did I mention that Colby was sick during one of these days?  I got more accomplished at home that day than I have in any given week.  He stayed on the couch and watched DVDs while his sisters went outside to jump on the trampoline.  Or ride bikes down the patio stairs.

I didn’t actually make lemonade those days, but I did get to do some pretty fun and not drastically different things.  Now I want to take a day out of each week and purposefully not turn on the Internet or the phone.  Then it really would be drastically different.

I’m intrigued to know:  Have you ever taken a break from technology before?  What was it like?

Entry Filed under: Carlee, Colby, Kennedy, Life, Tech