i left my brain at home

On this trip, I am experimenting.

I left my “brain” at home. Meaning, my laptop computer.

Now wait, you may say, she’s writing a blog post right now, presumably on a computer. How much of a technology vacation is this anyway?

Let me tell you.

This is a big deal.

For one thing, not having my own computer means having to negotiate with Scott for time on his. He was quite disappointed just now, for example.

But bigger than that — there was a gut wrench when Scott blithely, jokingly suggested it that made me feel like it was a really good idea, that I needed to make this stretch. And so I set about making it happen.

I put vacation forwards on all of my email accounts (I have 5, 3 of which I cannot access if I am not at my home computer because I either never knew or forgot how).

And then I just decided. Decided that whatever info was on my other “brain,” I could work around it. Decided that whatever work I could be doing while on vacation, maybe for this week I could just not do it.

I felt a huge weight lifting.

And even though I still have limited access via husband’s computer and my phancy new iphone, I wanted a bigger vacation than that.

So I’m not checking Facebook for the week. At least so far. And I’m not using my phone to check my email. And I’m only minimally available via text.

I am tired of being connected. This is me, letting the world get along without my keeping tabs on it.

I have been debating whether to continue posting here every day for NaBloPoMo, because the experience of unplugging is so divine. But I am drawn to keep the commitment (even if this post is a little late).

And I am on vacation. So while I do feel inclined to share pictures of the trip, I am also inclined to not do the work it would require to download them at the moment.

Maybe another day, if things get less interesting.

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In other news, my dad spent the weekend in the hospital, which was pretty upsetting even though all signs point to treatments and procedures that are relatively routine, though not terribly pleasant.

Get well, PopPop!