Vacation comes to an end
It’s Sunday night and we’re back in Boise. McCall was really nice, even though it was a bit chilly at times. Paula & Kairi went up to McCall with Paula’s parents last Monday… and I joined them Wednesday afternoon. I took three days of vacation from work and it felt really nice. My boss insisted that I leave my cell phone and laptop in Boise to make sure I had a true vacation. Last year at this time I kept my laptop on a constant VPN connection to the office to monitor email and stay in touch. This year I cheated once and checked my email Thursday night.
It’s funny… I need an internet connection to stay sane. If I’m without internet access it feels like being without electricity. I use the internet for everything. I haven’t opened a phone book in probably 4 years, when my cable internet access was down and I needed the number to call the cable company. I order pizza online, bank online, shop online, pay bills online, get movies, books, and software online. For better or worse I need internet access, and it has to be fast.
I saw a job posting for an IT position at the Tamarack Resort in Donnelly Idaho and just about sent a resume over. Then I thought about how internet access in Donnelly would probably be. I’m thinking slow, with frequent outages. I couldn’t handle that. It would kill me.
So, we’re back in Boise. As much as I’m not looking forward to going in to the office in the morning, it was great to get home to my cable modem. Downloaded a movie to watch tonight… transferred a full DVD in 4 hours. If you haven’t seen Failure to Launch, I recommend it. It wasn’t the typical Matthew McConaughey chick flick. It got terrible reviews, but I really enjoyed it.
Anyhow… I guess I’m rambling at this point, better go unpack 
on June 12th, 2006 at 11:05 am
I know exactly what you mean. If I go a couple days without internet I start to get the shakes. Is that an addiction?
I can’t remember the last time I used a phone book. I don’t even know if I HAVE one. How long have we had broadband? 10 years? Far cry from the old 14.4 days…
on June 12th, 2006 at 12:48 pm
Yeah… I think I’ve had broadband for about 8 years. Kinda spoiled at this point.
on June 14th, 2006 at 10:27 pm
Chris,
As the ’cause’ of your blog from hell on Treo, I have to tell you how much I appreciate your efforts. Just as with your comment about your need for the internet…… I’m totally lost without my Treo now, and connectivity to e-mail and the net wherever I am gives me a freedom to work anywhere, anytime, and although I’ve been ‘begged’ to leave the cell/laptop/Treo behind on vacation, it’s my lifeline in a way that I would have sworn I wouldn’t either want or appreciate. But in the end, I actually ‘rest’ better knowing that I’m in touch, and that at any given moment I can provide that single bit of input that I know means my team and my clients get a better result. All that said, my thanks again for your diligence and effort. MUCH appreciated.
kim