The End.
Well, I guess it happens.
Things get old. Time and constant use takes a toll on, well, anything.
My computer is going to die soon. It's been slowing down a lot and not functioning like it used to when I first opened this sweet white smooth rectangle.
When I got it, it was a symbol of growing up. I had saved up $1,000 because I couldn't settle on a PC. I was a fresh graduate of the University of North Florida and got by with campus computers for all of my assignments. But the day finally came when I got to take one home.
I remember the first time I got to settle in, in my very own room, in a bathrobe, sitting on the cutest reading chair I had ever seen, propping my feet up and opening my laptop. It was like my own little world. I didn't have to share it. It was brand new and shiny and mine. Even the noise it made when it powered on made me feel special and embarrassingly, it made me smile. I know. Such a simple thing that a four year old doesn't even notice anymore when she turns on her personal electronic device. But as a child of the '80s and '90s the closest thing I ever had to my own electronic device was when my brothers weren't home and I got to be in charge of the remote control.
Yes, there were video games, but, like I said, I had two brothers.
I know this is cheesy but I grew a lot through the course of having this laptop. I started a blog and got pretty decent feedback on it. It encouraged me to write. I could write whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted, for as long as I wanted. Not just because of the laptop but because of where I was at in life. I was as free to roam and travel as this cordless little device. I was free to eavesdrop on other conversations in coffee shops and they would have no idea! I could get lost in my thoughts, communicate them, and not worry what anyone would think. I have so many typed journal entries/ almost blog posts on this computer. It has seen me through the most healthy introspective season of my life.
This thing has been to Greece! It came on my honeymoon.
I know the common sense people reading this are probably thinking, get over it. you're not going to lose anything if you back it up. All of your secret journal entries that you don't want anyone to see will still be there. But it's more than stuff. It's the ending of a large chunk of my life.
From the time I graduated college to my first year of marriage- 2009-2013…a lot has changed in me. and this computer has seen all of it.
So, I guess, I just want to conclude the life of my little laptop and this blog by saying- it's been fun-it's been real-and it's time to move on. I hope I can be as open in the future as I have been in the past. I hope I can take in everything life has to offer in this new season.
I'm going to go on blogging, but my life no longer consists of long days at the coffee shop. So I'll base my new blog on the new things in my life. I hope you come along and enjoy the ride.
