Missing in Action, or My Laptop Died!

I have not blogged in quite a while, as my laptop died. This is a frustration to me two-fold, as I actually have two blogs! I do have an iPhone, which means I am not completely out of the loop. However, it is no fun to write more than a text on my touch screen phone!

Today I am borrowing my daughter's iPad. She is with her dad this weekend, so I get full access. This, too, could have been frustrating with the smaller touchscreen on the iPad. However, I was smart enough to order the full-sized keyboard when ordering her iPad—really with myself in mind.

It is amazing how quickly I became completely dependant upon my laptop for everything. I used it to connect with friends on Facebook, I followed people on Twitter, I wrote both blogs, I Googled, I skyped and I even taught a few online classes at a local business school. I had just started to figure out some more creative things to do, too. I had delved into the world of Photoshop. I

had begun making badges for my other blog, and I was using both my phone and my laptop to manage my diet and exercise on My Fitness Pal. With all of that fun coming to an abrupt and completely unexpected end, I have had to adjust. I do a little of my computer stuff at work, but my computer there is so ancient and slow it is not worth it.

I use my smartphone much more than I used to, especially for Twitter and Facebook. For the most part, however, I have simply stopped doing most of the computing I used to do. As you might have noticed, I have had to neglect my blogs. I am sorry.

But the other result of having no laptop has been a more positive one. I am online less, and exercising more. I am knitting more. And finally, I am interracting with my husband and children more. I'd have to say that these are all very positive things. Yes, I am looking into getting a new laptop. Hopefully my tax refund will be enough to fund one. If not, though, I think I'll live! I will just have to borrow this ipad a bit more often so that my blogs don't completely wither away! Have you been faced with the loss of some beloved electronic device? How have you coped? And how has it affected your daily routine?