Confession Time - I'm sick of technology...

There. I said it. Whew, I needed to get that out!

(Yes, yes I do realize the irony that I am confessing this on a blog post. :Þ)

I was up at my BFF's cabin at the beginning of June for almost 2 weeks. Chatting on the phone with Heather and another friend Lisa while driving up there I happily shared with them that I would be able to use my iPhone as a wireless hotspot so I could stay in touch and post while I was away. I had wonderful visions of sitting at the kitchen table (away from the blood sucking F-18's flying out at dusk mosquitoes) watching the sunset while blissfully posting updates about our trip. Cue in some lovely New Agey music and the added visual of three happily sleeping children by 8pm and you'll see where I was at before I got my reality check... ;o)

The Universe however had other plans. Just to get a decent cell signal you basically have to stand at a 72 degree angle in the middle of the road facing due west with your left hand in the air, and your right pinky toe facing south. Don't even get your hopes up for a phone call if it happened to be cloudy or raining either. Yes, to say that cell service was limited and sketchy would be an understatement.  I soon realized setting up a nifty little wifi hotspot with my iPhone wasn't going to be an option. I soon realized that I was *GASP* cutoff. o_O

Did I start jonesing out? To steal a line from our dear and favourite Sarah P. - You betcha!

You don't realize how plugged in you are, until you are, well, forcibly unplugged without warning. After 3 or 4 days of constantly checking my email, the news, or Facebook or Twitter and waiting...and waiting...and............waiting for the pages to load, I gave up. It dawned on me how ridiculous it was that I was surrounded by serenity (family, friendship and more) and I was missing it because I was staring at my stupid phone waiting for the Huffington Post or Facebook and Twitter to load. Once I realized that getting online quickly and easily wasn't an option, I felt sooooooo unbelievably free.

Since then I've had a hard time getting plugged back in. I really like that feeling of being unplugged and all that goes with it. Maybe it is because it's summer and these lazy hot days we've been having are not enticing me to sit in front of my laptop thus I'm just not into it as much and don't really know what to say....or maybe it's because I've realized these last few weeks that while yes, we are 'connected' so to speak when we blog, text, post, update, search and browse - we are also simultaneously disconnected from something and/or someone at the same time, mainly those around us 'in real life' (which is why I've waited until everyone has gone to bed before posting this).

(I'll also confess I am a total and complete weather geek. I won't get into my obsession with clouds, weather, the Environment Canada Website and their continuously updated doppler radar that I can access on said iPhone anytime I like. *blush* Show me a puffy white cloud in the summer time when the ground is hot and there is a moist cool mass of air flowing in overtop and I'll track that puppy all day on doppler radar... I need professional help for that one I think...)

So I apologize if you've texted and I totally sucked at texting you back. I really prefer to talk on the phone in real life! :D Oh and as for phonecalls, well I would call you if my iPhone wasn't going to fill your ears with static or drop the call and cut us off 5 times in the first 12 minutes. Apparently everyone in Metro Calgary is having the same idea about just using their cell phone as their main phone instead of a land line and I'm thinking that our major service providers (you know who you are you monopolizing technological giants with crappy networks with the cutesy commercials and such) just can't keep up with the demand.

Oh and I'll also apologize in advance for my lacking Facebook and Twitter presence over the next couple of months as well. It's summer time and I have so much that I want to do, catch up on and be in the moment for ya know?

If I do happen to have a relapse of my tech addiction, I'll just simply imagine I'm back at the cabin with a cell signal that only works if you are standing at a 72 degree angle in the middle of the road facing due west with your left hand in the air, and your right pinky toe facing south. ;o)

Here's the view from the cabin at sunset (and also middle of the road facing west)...not too shabby eh? :D

I hope you are all having a fabulous summer like I am so far!

With love and light always,