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We finally got wireless internet… um… yesterday. Not years ago like the rest of the world. Whatever. No one ever accused us of being cutting edge.
“If your friends bring their laptops when they come over, just have them do this and this and—they’re set!” said Dane.
“What do you think my friends and I do when they come over?” said I.
“I don’t know,” said Dane, “but if you made coffee and had free wifi, I bet they’d come over more often.”
Me: “… ?”
So far the whole wireless thing hasn’t impacted my social life any, but I did check my email from the kitchen counter while making breakfast this morning.
And now I’m trying to convince myself that typing with the laptop literally on my lap is really really fun and useful. Mostly I think I’m more productive when sitting at a desk.
I may officially be an old stick in the mud.
Oh, Melissa, just say “no” to the laptop on your lap. Take it from someone who’s practically crippled herself from typing. Your mind may love the freedom of wireless, but your body wants to be in a nice supportive chair with your keyboard at the correct ergonomic height.
But congratulations on the technology upgrade. I’m not going to tell you how recently I switched away from dial-up. That would be really embarrassing.
See, that’s what I was thinking. About the lap, I mean. Now if I could only find a supportive chair…
Yea! Enjoy!
Maybe I’ll make some tea and cocoa and invite some friends over ~ kind of a fun idea! =)
I actually HAVE had work parties at my house where multiple people used my wireless network. Twice. And Tami used to use it from her house before she got her own wireless network. Other than that, it’s not so helpful.
A word of warning, though: now that you may be tempted to put your laptop on your lap, be careful not to walk away from it. Just think what your toddlers could do in the time it took you to go to the bathroom!
*shudder* I can totally imagine what toddlers would do…
Yes, you’ll have to be careful about where you leave the laptop. But you can put it up high away from them! ha ha
Be careful! I recommend instituting a no-laptops-at-dinner rule *now*, before your husband discovers he can eat with one hand and play poker with the other…
Or check baseball/football/basketball scores… And I guess I can’t check blogs then either. Hmm, I hadn’t thought of that yet, but you know I would have eventually.
just think – you can now work while sitting on the loo! this is progress … isn’t it?
See, I hadn’t thought of that yet either! I clearly am underestimating the potential of the whole wireless thing.
oh – while i’m here (and can i just assure you that i’m not sitting on the loo as i type this), can i just tell you that i’ve got a super dooper new novel just out in the us – ‘busy woman seeks wife’. plz treat it nicely if you should see it around. xx
Nice!
And now I’m going to start wondering where people are every time they post. Oh dear.