This is going to take some getting used to, this business of having Internet access all day long. It feels weird, because it’s been so long. I have a tendency to go one of two ways. Either I get lost in reading sites and tweets while an hour goes by without my noticing, or I completely forget that I have access to the world wide world. If I have a question, I don’t have to wait until 6 pm to Google an answer. I need to remember that.

So today, while I was working (and I cannot emphasize that enough, although I probably already have), I upgraded my browser and downloaded music. I also spent way less time playing Solitaire and InkBall today, so it’s a net gain for my productivity. Unless, of course, you consider Solitaire and InkBall productive. That’s kind of a stretch, though, even for slackerly me.

Last night I was so excited I couldn’t sleep. It was like waiting for Santa to drop in. It’s been a long time since I wanted morning to get here so badly. It’s not that I had any big plans, it’s just that it was the next best thing to starting a new life, or maybe to being on the Internet for the first time.

It’s a bit of an overreaction, I know, but at least for once I had an excuse for not sleeping. A better excuse than the usual, which is that I don’t want to go to bed while there are still things to do. This time I did want to sleep, and that’s why I couldn’t. It makes sense, if you don’t think about it too hard.