Giving up my attachment to the computer
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008I didn’t call the solar guy about my malfunctioning solar system. The charger is dead. The batteries aren’t taking or holding a full charge.
My laptop battery has been blinking with a code that means “replace soon�; it only holds ½ the charge it used to.
I just can’t make myself buy new stuff. The winter is about over and I don’t know if I’ll be here next winter so I’m not going to throw a bunch of money at the system. I’m not even sure I want a system.
My son is setting up everything on my two-watt OLPC laptop, and will send it back to me for my birthday.
When the sun shines, I can use my laptop. If there is something, I want to do and the sun isn’t shining, I can run the laptop off the generator. Just no more days spent aimlessly wandering on the computer; do what I want on it and get off.
I feel relief, like I’m getting my life back. Once again, I have time.