I'm the first one to admit it!

by Georgia
(Webmaster)

The day I realized how pathetic I was, was the day I went on vacation. It was a 2 week camping trip. The scenery was surreal, the air crisp and fresh. The group of people I went on the trip with where the most fun people on the planet.

We put up our tents amongst trees for the shade and to be surrounded by beauty. The beach was half a minute away - the most beautiful crystal clear blue waters I've ever seen. (we were in Greece).

After a few days went by, I found myself, as I was sitting on the beach, listening to the water, smelling the sea, listening to music from a club closeby..... wait for it.... I found my mind wondering if I had email. Pretty soon my mind wondered to surfing the internet, checking my website traffic.... and when I realized what I was doing, it drawn to me that indeed I was a super-charged nerd.

Here I was sitting on the beach under the stars, the warm breeze caressing my body and I was thinking of surfing the net!

I'm going to admit something further. I did miss having my computers, my laptop, the internet, my lab.

It's not that I didn't love where I was, but I hadn't been on vacation for years. And for years, I have spent 8-16 hours on my computer daily so it wasn't something easy to cut myself off from.

And to tell you the truth, I wouldn't want to cut myself off from computers. Next trip... my laptop is coming with me!