I unexpectedly discovered I could go a week without the Internet and survive. I had a conference last week and decided to take the family and extend it into a mini break. Moderately remote location in wine country, but advertised to have broadband connection so all good, no special planning required. The best laid plans of mice and men though. After a couple of busy days and nights conferencing, I started to catch up on a couple of things only to have my laptop die most completely.

While it was good to have the time with less distraction, going cold turkey in an unplanned way doesn't do good things for the stress levels. So back home now for a Monday of catching up with work emails, personal emails, I am completely behind in the news, missed getting my football tips in, lost an ebay sale because I didn't answer a question in time.

While its good to get some time away from the world it is preferable to do so in a planned way. Hope all of your weeks went well. If you find yourselves in Sydney though, a trip north to the Hunter Valley wine country is well worth it, beautiful!