Absence

Sorry for the blogging absence.

I felt that I was getting on a roll and starting to fall back into some semblance of blogging ... and then my laptop died.

I almost cried. Not necessarily because it was a laptop that died - it was MY laptop that died. I sold my car in order to purchase a laptop and camera before I went to China 5 years ago. That laptop was my physical connection to home, while I was overseas. When I was homesick or sad, I could get on it and talk to the peeps back at home via skype or write long emails (or short ones) or post pictures of my time, etc. I loved my laptop and it really was very hard for me to let it go. The computer still works fine, the LCD monitor went kaput and unless we wanted to use it as a desktop, it's worthless.

So, we went out and purchased a new laptop. It's nice. But it's no longer "mine". :(

Then, last week, our free internet decided to no longer be free indeed and it disappeared from the list of available networks. My sweet husband said we had to wait it out a week before taking that step of finding our own provider (and squeezing it into our budget!).

Let me just tell you. For a stay-at-home-mom, with limited access to a vehicle, and no internet ... this was a VERY long week. Feelings of isolation. Attempting to stay sane. And the list goes on. I know that women have done this for years without having the internet, but sadly, we are no longer in that time anymore. My lifestyle revolves around having that connection and access to outside communication via the internet. So, it was a good lesson for me to learn how to try to be content without that in my life. A lesson I still need to learn.

We have all spent the afternoon at Kc's school so he could write papers and watch his online seminary videos and so I could get my internet fix. We still haven't purchased a provider for us at home, but I'm pleased that there are several possibilities, other than one carrier who used to have a monopoly in our area. Ugh. I hate that. Let me just choose who I want to choose and not get stuck with someone's "bundle package" which is about 5 times more than what I'm willing to pay!!!

So, all that to say, hopefully the blogging will be back in business in the very near future.