Can I survive 2 days without checking my email, surfing the web, blogging, twittering?
My daughter C1 was amused yesterday when I related to her that I had called the hospital where I will be for these next 2 days. I asked the Information person there if their hospital had Wifi, to which she answered “Ano ho yun?”. I think that meant NONE.
So here I am in the midst of packing a gym bag filled with stuff for the hospital. I am putting in the chargers of my cellphone and PDA (loaded to the max with my favorite music), got “The Secret” book and will pick up another book that Cathy is giving me (bless her sweet heart) to while away the time, and maybe logic and crossword puzzles.
So 48 hours, minus my sleeping time minus the medical procedure (to blast my kidney stones) minus the hours when I would still be in a stupor…..hmmm, that stay may not be so bad after all!
Sometimes, it is good to be weaned from too much technology to enjoy the simple things we used to have in our low-tech childhood.
But, as I commented in a post on Deedee’s blog, I still can’t do without my cellphone beside me all the time.
So it will be silence from me for the next 2 days. All my commenting on friends’ blogs will be on hold. Please pray for my successful medical procedure (warm hugs to all those who left comments/email/texts/twitters promising prayers). And in 2 days, I will be back (with a vengeance!).
I was hospitalized once but I brought the telephone cable which I could attach to the room’s landline outlet. Yes the dialup works. Get prepaid hehe . I could have used the hospital’s business center but I broke my leg so I couldn’t walk to it.
Anyway, hope everything works out. Get wel soon!
Jane: Noems, what resourcefulness! Hahahaha. You are truly a problogger in the real sense! If I get bored, I will do exactly what you suggest. Di bale, I still have my cellphone. Kahit papano, you are all still reachable. 🙂
hi jane! i was once “forced” to be offline for 2 weeks! and that was because my computer crashed. mahirap lang sa una, pero eventually, ok na, i was able to go back to my old hobbies before i became hooked on the internet. 🙂
anyway, get well soon! prayers and hugs from me to you!
Jane: Hi Cess! Thank you for the prayers and hugs. Really need them! 🙂
don’t be too hard with your self Jane. even Internet-less, you’d survive. get well soon. I will pray for your safety with the surgery and for your speedy recovery. 🙂
Jane: Feng! Wonderful to hear from you. You make me feel so warm and good inside….
Get well soon sis. I’m recuperating from an accident which left me with a sprained elbow and shoulder. Less blogging for me too, mahirap mag-type ng one hand.
Jane: I’m back, bro. Do get well soon yourself. Yes, it is less blogging for me at the moment. But I’m sure we will both be back in good form in no time. God bless!
Hello, Jane! The reality of “virtuality” sucks sometimes, huh? And to think that it’s only two days that you’ll be outside the virtual world and back into the real one.
There is no escaping, I guess, because when I decide to visit my folks in the province, my father has dial up connection, which makes me want to check my mail! Or blog! Or read other blogs! Whew.
Get well soon and blast those kidney stones fast!
Cheers!
Deedee
Jane: Hi there, Deedee!!! I am home but the effects of confinement are still there. Good thing my computer is inside my bedroom (or is that a bad thing?) so I can check email every so often and rest when I feel like it.
For 2 days? I can barely go without internet for 2 hours it seems. But I hope you start to get better faster. Don’t rust it.
Jane: Hi Zaiaku! Haha, in our world today having no cellphone or internet access is TORTURE! Thanks for wishing me well.
indeed, it is unbelievably hard to live without the internets. -.- thanks for visiting!
Jane: Hi Liz! Will we survive if suddenly, for one day, all technology stopped? I wonder…Thanks for coming by!
Two days will be over in a jiffy, before you know it.
Get well, Jane! We’ll pray for you. 🙂
Jane: Rhodora, I’m back! But rest is what I badly need now as my body is feeling the after-effects of the stone blasting. Thanks for the prayers.
by now you are already up and about. and yes, i did include you in my prayers while you were in hospital.
good as new ka na–edi one of these days gimmick na tayo 🙂
Jane: Yes! I was just waiting for you to say that! 🙂