Kicking the computer habit

When I first began considering the idea of going on an LCS volunteer vacation, I was daunted by the idea of having to go a week without checking my e-mail. The thought that I might miss out on something important by being away from my computer for a week swirled through my head as the van pulled out of the Tufts campus at dawn on the first Sunday morning of spring break. We were headed to Roanoke Rapids, N.C. to work on a house for Habitat for Humanity, and as Boston moved further and further into the distance, I fervently hoped that I wasn't going to miss a new episode of Dawson's Creek while we were gone.