Since communicating with friends and family is so important to me and so many of the people in my life are active on the 'net, having 'net access on the go helps me feel connected to them. I like being able to joke and laugh with them throughout the day, as well as being able to share deeper things. If something happens that I want to share or I see something that I want to share, I can quickly post to Facebook or send out an email/text to share. If I didn't have that option, I would forget about a lot of little moments before I got back to my home computer to share with them. A great example was being able to post photos to Facebook as Help-Portrait was happening on Saturday morning. I was very excited to be a part of something so big, and being able to share photos as it happened added to my excitement.

When I am not able to stay connected like that, I feel out of the loop. Of course, sometimes that is a good thing, since as an introvert I need my downtime!