The cottage wifi was down for three days.
It was like living in pioneer times…except I had heat, running water, electricity and a Chihuahua.
I rediscovered reading, finishing The Catcher in the Rye and How to Walk in High Heels and getting about a third of the way through A Widow for One Year.
I realized how fortunate I am to have grown up in a pre-web world. I don’t know if I’d have been such a book worm if I’d had the allure of the net calling to me as a kid. If I hadn’t gotten into books, I probably wouldn’t have majored in English lit, and I certainly wouldn’t have been nerdy enough to name my first dog Zelda.
I also realized that I never want to go three days without wifi again.
Gosh the power went off for an hour here yesterday in a storm, and silly me was at a loss. I know what I’ll do, I thought. I’ll watch TV!!
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How was TV viewing with no power? 🙂
I once lived in a house with a well. The pump that brought the water up from underground was electric, so no power meant no water. That was the worst!
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I have a similar water system here. However, I sat there waiting with no electricity and drinking wine!
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Where there’s wine, there’s joy!
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The great paradox right? It’s a beautiful pre web world and yet, a terrible one without WiFi!
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I think the beauty of the pre-web world was that none of knew what we were missing.
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I often lament the passing of days of simple pleasures but the bottom line is I just can’t function without wifi!
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Blogging, Netflix, Skyping, FaceTiming, Emailing, surfing… Pretty much everything I do for relaxation is unavailable without wifi. It’s safe to say I’m hooked!
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