This Whole Relaxing Concept Is Overrated..

Author: Amy Armitage

So I’ve been “officially” away from work for not quite 48 hours and I admit I have been checkin’ in. It was just a taste.. I responded to a few emails, checked my sales.. added some links to my blog and did some soft core coding.. maybe some trolling of the forums and OK.. I read a handful of tech articles and news on Slashdot.. I swear.. that was all..

OK… I AM IN DENIAL…

My phone has internet too.. I can check in even when I’m away from my laptop.. and I do.. constantly. Sheesh yesterday while I was lounging by the pool I had my book in one hand, a beer in the other and my phone on my tummy. Maybe by the end of the week I’ll be a fluffy and relaxed marshmallow saying “Huh? Lunar wha?”

I had to laugh, sweet Katrina one of our AMAZING Support Supervisors started a thread on our forums with a poll:

“How long can Amy last this week and a half away from Lunarpages?”

The options are:

* All the way. She’s a tough chick.
* 7 days till all the coffee and stimulants are gone.
* 5 days then she is toast.
* 3 days tops! She loves us too much.
* No way she makes it a day.

OMG… Am I that predictable?

There’s a StarBucks close by, so coffee isn’t an issue but I admit I do need “Puter Stimulation”. Sounds almost depraved doesn’t it?

The correct answer to the poll.. I didn’t even last 3 hours..

So far I’ve successfully slept in (depends on how you define sleep in I guess). First day I made it to 6.49am and today OMG 7.16am. Not bad considering I usually surface between 4.30 and 5am each day.

*high 5 @ my other hand

My dog “Baxter BoomskiButt” is with us, and the house we’re staying at is soooooooo decked out.. It has an incredible salt water pool but unfortunately he keeps falling in so I’m on 24/7 suicide watch. I feel like the mother of a 2 year old who is constantly on high alert to DANGER ZONES.. I can’t tie him up outside because it’s so bloody hot here he would have a melt down..

Our CEO and I were chatting most the day yesterday via email (I was using my phone ok?! I DID SEE THE SUNSHINE) bout our obsession with our online world and after he explained his take on it.. I’ve decided we should open a rehab center for Internet Junkies.. Maybe we could open it in Vegas. Vegas is the only place in the world where I’m NOT motivated to turn on my laptop. I think because those pretty lights substitute for the sexy flicker of my monitor. (Oh.. and because I’m usually too hammered to type).

But what could we call this safe haven for cyberly challenged geeks?