Guess who got more awful news....I'm actually sick of hearing myself whinge so I'll shut up about it but good lord GIVE ME A FREAKING BREAK....or wine.....give me lots of wine so that I may cope!

Now that I've gotten that out of the way I need some advice on Tablets! You see I don't necessarily NEED a cute new electronic device but let's be honest, dragging my gigantic monster of a laptop around is no longer cool nor practical! The thing is huge and heavy! I laugh at myself every time I pull it out in public (that sounded mildly dirty) and set up shop. Just the other day I spent my lunch hour in Starbucks watching everyone around me type on their tiny little tablets and cute Macs while I searched for an outlet (it won't work unless it's plugged in) just to give mine some juice! Don't get me wrong, it's been good to me over the last 3 years (minus the 4 times it had to be fixed...thank goodness for warranties) and I will continue to use it at home, it's just that I'm on the road a few days a week and dragging it around is getting to be ridiculous when there are other options available. This sucker has got a 17.3 inch screen and weighs over 7 pounds, it's time to upgrade aka downsize!!

I'm just in the research phase and have been watching videos and reading about different tablets but ask me if I have any idea about which one to purchase! I have a feeling that I would like some type of keyboard, it's not a requirement per se but I do enjoy using them! It seems the Microsoft Surface and Lenovo Idea Pad both come with this option! I've always been a PC gal and have never owned a Mac but I won't snub my nose at the idea of an ipad or an ipad mini....I have no idea what an Android is.....

Essentially I'm looking for a tablet to take on the road, I would like to surf the web, read the paper, check email you know all of the usual things that people do! I wouldn't mind having my itunes (which I don't think is an option on the Surface or Idea Pad) and a USB port would be nice but again not a requirement. I'd like to be able to use skype, maybe watch a movie or two and shhhhh I'd like to play a silly game called City Ville. From what I can gather some tablets don't come with a flash player but I'm assuming you can download one if need be......

Any thoughts or advice is much appreciated!