Addicted.

Ok, so it's confession time. I am addicted. I should have told you all before but I couldn't muster the courage to do so. Sigh...

(Mom, Dad, N and S - Relax! I am not a drug addict, nor do I drink or smoke, ok? Ok.) I am just addicted to my laptop. I wake up in the morning and before I even jump out of bed, with one eye open, I check if anyone has buzzed me or if I have new mails. My family and a few friends don't seem to quite understand my attachment (they call it obsession!) to this inanimate object. But how can we coin it inanimate?! It's through the laptop (duh! and ofcourse the internet!) that I get to see everybody I love, watch them smile, take part in the diwali puja, and show them my room or anything I want to! It's my window to the world I miss and love the most. It connects me to anyone and everyone who matters to me. I wonder if I could have survived in US had I come years ago when technology wasn't so advanced and people spoke to their loved ones back home only on birthdays, anniversaries, festivals and other special occasions. So instead of cribbing that I am away on a faraway, strange land, I am going to count my blessings!

Dear God, thank you for the laptop, high speed internet and cell phone that connects me to everyone I yearn to be with! :)