Showing posts with label internet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label internet. Show all posts

9.09.2011

Internet..and Lack Thereof

So its been over a week since my parents picked up and moved their internet miles away from me.
I'm surviving.
Barely.

The first couple of days were the hardest, I spent hours playing Diner Dash, Angry Birds and Spider Solitaire simply because my computers were there and I didn't know what else to do.

Pathetic really.

Then I decided I would cook something new.
Except all my recipes where on the internet.

Then I decided I would start thinking of things for my room.
But there was no internet.


Than I remembered I needed to see when my library books were due.
Oh wait. No internet.

Add something to my calender?
No Internet

Check out a video link someone sent me..
No Internet.

I think you can see where this is going; I quickly found myself increasing frustrated at how much of my life was on the internet.

So I did the only thing one CAN do when they are in a situation like this.

Cleaned my house.

Scrubbed my bathroom from top to bottom, cleaned most of my kitchen, vacuumed, and than packed up my laptop and went to Panera.

How COULD my parents do this too me!?

In other news:
Yesterday was my birthday.
I was sick through it.
"Its my party and I can cry if I want too..."
However my dogs were super nice to me, and didn't chew up anything, have any accidents or annoy me while I rested.
I fact..all of them SLEPT while I did.
This may not seem like a big thing to most of you, but if you know Rob, you know he doesn't just "sleep" in the middle of the day, for hours, all by himself, without a crate.
So this was a blessing in disguise.

Today, I'm still not feeling the greatest but am throwing the worlds best Pizza party at my house, or my neighbors house..(depends on which one's cleaner) and living it up.
Until 11PM, then I'm going to bed, cause I've got to work football tomorrow.
Bah-Humbug.

However, I can't deny the overtime will be music to my bank account. 

$$$$$$$$KA-CHING! $$$$$ 

School is going great, love all my classes yada yada. 


11.07.2010

November 7

There has got to be something in the air, or maybe its the cold weather. Whatever the reason,over the last two weeks, I've had so many posts in my google reader about people "backing off" or "taking blogging breaks"..its not even funny. What is funny, is today's post was going to be this:

Dear NaBloPoMo,
Only seven days into this thing, and already I'm crashing and burning. Though many a "pro" (meaning someone with more than 150 followers) would give "blogging advice" to us "little people" to post, at the very least, daily...I'd never taken that too heart. I mean really, I don't have enough thoughts in a week, outside of school, to write every.single.day. 


Well, something that made any sense anyways. Psht. I have a hard enough time writing THOUGHTLESS Thursday posts. 


So the fact that I've made it thus far is amazing. But already I'm scrambling going..what in the world am I going to post about tomorrow? My stuffed animal collection? Random photos on my camera? Find a blog meme, to do? What!?!?! 
I'll come up with something, just simply because I hate stopping in the middle, I hate giving up.."just because" but I do know, once this is over...its back to the whole once a week...if THAT posting I'm used to. 


Believe me when I say..You'll be glad to. 


If you even read most of what I say...


However, all those posts about taking breaks has caused me to realize, that perhaps I need to find one day a week to give the whole internet thing a break. Yeah for me its not just the blogging I'm addicted to...cause I'm really not ..hence why these posts keep being posted at 11:30PM thereabouts; But the internet? That I can't break free off. 


I spend and inordinate amount of time, clicking through the same.old.sites. Its rediculous...even when I've been able to convince myself to get up and do something else, like cook..or read a book...my phone will go off, letting me know I have a new email and back to the computer I will go.


1 hour later....I'm still there completely immerssed in "whatever" all over again. 


It.Is.PATHETIC my friends. 

P to the A to the T to the H to the...well you get the point. 


So I've decided Sunday's will be my 'net free' day of the week. Sunday's I have church in the mornings and early evenings, I have homework to catch up on, laundry to iron for the week, to do lists to arrange for the week, schedule to check and plan...so much I NEED to do..but can't since I'm glued to Twitter, Facebook and the like. This also means I'm either turning off my phone...or cutting all my notifications off. 


Its sort of like breaking my caffeine addiction (2 drinks last week guys!!!!!) horrible at first, but I think I can do it. *shivers* 

I think I can, I Think I can, I think I can, I think I can, I think I can 
I leave you with a poem.  *ahem* This was one of my mothers favorite poem's in school..


HABITS 
A habit is a sticky thing;  
Much good or evil it can bring;  
It binds a victim, holds him fast, 
And keeps him in a vise-like grasp. 

Bad habits grow with extra speed, 
Much like a healthy, growing weed. 
The roots grow deep, the stem grows stout; How 
difficult to pull it out! 

Good habits are a little slow;  
They need a lot of care to grow;  
If tended well, they grow more fair  
Than any bloom a plant can bear. 

Good habits help us all through life;  
Bad habits bring us pain and strife;  
Our habits, whether right or wrong,  
Each day will grow more firm and strong.
-Unknown
To me at least

And now I bid you.....Good Night! 


                     

There has GOT to be something in the air!