Fess up to your wee Internet addiction

The laptop’s open
all day. I check my email
and listen for *dings*

Sitting there, I tell
myself, only ten minutes
One hour passes

It’s time to let it all hang out folks.  I’m going to tell you my deepest, darkest secret (well, technically I already did in the haiku, but I have LOTS more to say).

I spend way too much time during my days online.  I try, really I do, to limit my time online.  Some days, like the days I’m not at home and absolutely have NO ACCESS to my computer, I am able to curb my time online.

But then…then there are the days we don’t have any plans.  And I tell myself to just shut off the computer.  But I don’t, of course I DON’T.  Instead, I will leave the laptop open and watch as emails come in and listen for the twhirl dings and answer emails and reply to tweets and click tinyurls, and see something shiny in someone’s comments section, and discover a new blog crush, stumble a post (or twenty) and get another few emails, and answer them and suddenly it’s an hour (or more**shhhhh**) later.  My kids are usually right there, it’s not like they’re running around naked, hanging from the ceiling fans (but that’s only because they can’t undress themselves and we have vaulted ceilings.)  Laundry stays in the washer, dishes remain in the sink covered in drying Rice Crispies, eventually impossible to clean, and my floors stay unswept.

It’s bad.  The thing is, though, I really, really, really enjoy replying to emails.  I love checking out the links on twitter.  I LOVE all my precious online endeavors. 

In my defense, I do spend a lot of time with my kids.  We go places, we go for walks, we have playdates, we play with play-doh, we have picnics.  I just feel a little guilty for letting them fend for themselves some of the time, even though I don’t believe I have to entertain and feed their spongy brains every waking minute.  But still.

How much time do you spend online and how does it affect your daily tasks?  I’m especially curious about those of you who work at jobs and manage to do your Internet activities at work.  Well, to be honest, I’m also especially curious about those of you who stay home like me and ignore your children balance your Internet time with the demands of your kiddos.

FESS UP.

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