No Internet

Today my Internet was out all day long.

I love to read, but not being able to connect with friends and family online felt terribly confining. I could not send happy birthday pictures and greetings. I could not express my condolences for deaths. I did not get to see the new babies, the birthday parties, the funny comments and photographs of people who have always been a part of my family and friends who I have grown to know over the last nine years.

I could not write this blog, or see my friend's beautiful flowers. I could not participate in the black and white photo fun, or play Words with Friends.

I also could not go work in the school library because my foot was hurting and that meant no shopping, online, or off.

So I spent hours and hours and hours, stuck in a chair reading. No snacking because that is not part of my  lifestyle anymore. No playing with the dollhouse, because that requires standing. No taking a walk.

My phone stopped working for about two hours too and that was almost more than I could bear. I am a thoroughly modern gramma who needs her Internet connection, texting, and phone!