Yesterday we had a storm blow in dump rain and snow and leave. Well one of the side effects is that we lost our internet connection. Aaauuuggghhh whatever shall we do? Man I don't know. I couldn't write my blog, I couldn't check my social networks, my son could game all afternoon or stream his all time favorite show Dr. Who on Amazon. Life was over as we know it.
I did have time to do some yard work between storms, worked on a cross stitch I have been trying to finish, I even worked on a puzzle and baked chocolate chip cookies. We did have television, but no Netflix, so we weren't totally with out entertainment, but it got me thinking. What was life like for me before the internet. Let's face it I could have done all of the things I did today even without the internet and probably would have anyway. But my son, he is totally into his gaming. He does do other things, he is very helpful around the house, he helps me cook dinner, he even helped with yard work yesterday. Which he would have done anyway. But having to give up Dr. Who was traumatizing. I also was trying to find plants for my landscaping that need replacing. In order to do that I would actually have to get up and go outside to the local Home Depot. Who wants to do that in the rain?
What did I learn from this experience? Life without the internet is livable, and it was nice to not have to interrupt my sons viewing to talk to him. There is just the three of us now. My husband wasn't feeling well so his life wasn't interrupted other than he couldn't really look things up on his phone for work without using all of his data. My son does spend a lot of his free time on the computer, mostly watching Youtube and does some online gaming with friends. But yesterday he spent some time reading with is not too unusual for him, but Dr. Who, that was a hardship. As for me I probably spend too much time on social networks anyway. I could give some of that time up for something more productive.
I hope this week if you cut back on social networking this is one of the things you read.
Until next time
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