my thoughts on laptop eiquette

let me paint you a picture of a typical day at the hodgson household. (this pictures, consequently just finished drying) emma and anna decide that they are both tired and need to go to sleep at the same time. this, usually presents no problem because being that there are two of them and two of us we can utilize a man to man defense as opposed to a zone defense like @ngie has instituted. so we take the girls into their room to put them down for the night. i have perfected the ’swaddle’ technique and am able to get anna to sleep in under a minute. it takes danielle usually 15 minutes to get emma to sleep. not that i am better or anything like that it just takes a bit more to stop a speeding locomotive than a stampeding caterpillar.

so… since i figure i have a bit of time on my hands and its been a while since i strolled thru my blogdom, i thought i would catch up on my blogfriends. the number of sites that i frequent is immaterial for the point of this discussion. lets say that it is more that 3 and less than 10. (chances are good that if are reading this you are in fact a part of that number… congrats) now, i am at my second stop getting ready to read the 51 comments already posted and danielle walks out into the living room where i am seated comfortable on my big red couch (those of you that have been to my home know how big and red the aforementioned couch is and can imagine how comfortable i was not only in my blogolicious utopia but also in my big red couch)

danielle plots down next to me (also enjoying that bigness and the redness of the couch). i am under the impression that she is doing this to either a) bring great joy to my life by cuddling up next to me as i peruse eworld b) merely enjoy the big red couch that happens to under me or c) some combination of the two. apparently there was a fourth much more devious option that i was unaware of. it was to usurp and cut short my blogadelicness. she without asking or telegraphing her intentions or anything TOOK THE LAPTOP!!!!!!! this is actually a bit of over exaggeration. she, truth be told, slid it over so it was on both of our laps so she could read easier. BUT STILL… I WAS READING THAT!!!!!!

the whole event took about 5 minutes and now i have it back. now that i have had a chance to reminisce, it took me longer to write and you longer to read this than i had to wait to get the laptop back.

i’m done complaining now.