What I Would do if I Went Several Weeks Without my Laptop

In the past few weeks, I have:

-been on 13 different airplanes
-travelled across Canada, to Cambodia, to Thailand, and to Hong Kong
-seen about five rats (four living, one dead)
-seen a bunch of cool sites, including the world heritage sight Ankor Wat
-seen too many stray cats and dogs to count
-boiled alive in the heat (but only got one sunburn, yay!)
-went without my laptop

Guess which one was the hardest?

Yes, I am pathetically pleased to be reunited with my laptop in Halifax. I never realized how pathetically attached to my laptop I was (or rather, the extent of the attachment... I knew I was attached) until I left. In my defence, I mostly use my laptop for writing, so not having it there (and research tools at my fingertips) was really difficult! Still, it was better to leave it than have years of work stolen.

This was what I did:

-I used my phone quite a bit, sadly. I mostly used it to look at pictures, do some research, and, of course, a bit of checking emails and Facebook.
-I went through writing withdrawal (although I did some writing in a notebook and some journalling).  Unfortunately, my notebook got soaked in the rain only a few days in, and drying it out took several days. Fortunately, I could do a lot of brainstorming while I wasn't actually writing. Still, I missed actually continuing the projects that I'm working on.
-I read more than I've been able to since September. I've missed it!
-I spent a lot of time sightseeing.
-I spent a lot of time sleeping (12-13 hour plane rides pass by quite quickly when you sleep through them).
-Pathetically missed my laptop.

I know that I should have an epiphany here, like being away from my laptop was so freeing! I honestly can't say that, though. I found it restricting, if anything, if only because I spend so much of my free time writing. If anything, I realized how much I appreciate having a laptop; not having all of my notes and work at my fingertips was a huge restriction. Perhaps, if writing wasn't so important to me, I would have felt liberated, but that's not the case. In short, I'm so grateful for my laptop, and want to shower it with my love and never leave it again!

Pathetic? Maybe.

-Laura