Adam Wants a Laptop... Sort Of.....

I swear. It all started off innocently enough.

In just one week the nest will not be empty. Our youngest is coming home for the summer instead of working the job she has the past two years 3 hours from home. I don't mind but it will be an adjustment. Adam and I have gotten used to being on our own.

I recently said to my child "If I install a wireless router will you stay off MY computer and just use your own?"

It's not that I'm selfish.

Well, okay. It is that I'm selfish. In the summer I like to check my mail. Clean the kitchen. Read some blogs. Clean the bathroom. Check my mail again. Throw a load of wash in. Play a game of cards online, etc.

In other words, when I want my computer, I want my computer. And that's that.

But when there are kids living here you can imagine how it goes. The minute I get up to clean the kitchen my computer gets hijacked by someone under 30 and it drives me nuts.

Wireless internet, the solution of all solutions, yes?

Suffice it to say that the youngest is THRILLED to oblige.

But now here's another issue.

Remember the road trip? We had a blast last year BUT ... it's not a big deal but I am an early riser. Adam likes to sleep later than me. I like letting him sleep however I am very bored waiting in a hotel room for him to wake up.

Boy a laptop of my own would sure be nice. I love my desktop computer. It's fast but not at all portable.

I thought maybe I'd convince the child to swap me machines for the 2 weeks we're gone but then I got to thinking.....

And thinking...

Visions of sitting out on the deck with my morning coffee and laptop were becoming quite desirable. And this from me, someone who swore she'd never ever buy a laptop. I don't like typing on them. I hate those .... what do you call them.... thinkpads? You know. The mouse.

So anyhow, I emailed PK this morning. I told her "I think I want a laptop. I just have to convince Adam that he wants one, too."

I fixed him an awesome breakfast of a fresh asparagus/fresh basil/swiss cheese omelet, hash browns, and fresh fruit this morning. Over breakfast I said "honey, I think you need a laptop."

"Me? I think YOU want a laptop."

"I can't deny it. It would be great for the trip and then when we get back it would be all yours for work."

"The trip? You are NOT spending the whole trip on a computer. The computer is what we go to get away from."

"I know that silly. I would just check mail in the morning and at night and maybe read blogs while you sleep in."

He then decided he was going to take the pup out. I went back and emailed PK again. This time I told her "He's wearing down. I'll have my laptop by the end of the day."

He came back in and said I needed spanked. "For what?"

"That whole laptop thing. It's not for me. It's you who wants one."

"Okay fine. You get a laptop and I get spanked. Deal."

"No deal. I'm going to get a shower."

Hmmmmmmm........ I did the only thing I could at that point. I stripped down and climbed in the shower with him.

There was actually more to the conversation. He was considering the fact that it would be a tax deduction. We joked about who it would belong to and of course agreed that it would be both of ours.

As I climbed in the shower, he laughed. He knew EXACTLY why I was there.

I ran my finger around on his chest a couple times and then looked at him, trying to make my eyes as big and as pleading as possible.

"Don't you look at me like that."

"Why not?"

"Because the last time you looked at me like that we ended up with children."

Man. He doesn't forget a thing.


Then he said to me, "I'm not saying I want a laptop but if we were to get one and take it on the road trip we could upload pictures to it as we go huh? We could take a lot more pictures."

Far be it from me to tell him it would be cheaper to just buy an extra card for the camera. They are small and could be lost easily. You know?

So anyhow....

Yup. We got the laptop. I bought a cheap mouse to go with it so I don't have to use that thinkpad thingie.

And honestly if Adam was that against it he would have said so.

Honest.

Now about that spanking...............