working on the “road” and being connected!

June 18th, 2008 by Heidi

I hope everyone celebrated Father’s Day in some special day.   I meant to post about my tradition but didn’t.   The day kind of got away from me.  Every year, I look through all my pictures and pick out the ones of my husband and the kids.  I then take and create an 8 x 10 photo collage and that is his “traditional” gift.    He currently has the last 7 years at his work place and he can see most of his “fathering” years!   My husbands other gift was a trip to Valleyfair Amusement Park.  It was the first year both kids were tall enough to ride the REAL rollercoasters.   It was awesome to take them on their first rollercoaster.

The next few weeks is dedicated to taking kids to their summer camps.   The camps are about 25 – 45 minute drive away and the times are staggered.  So I don’t have enough time to head home.   So I grab my laptop and look for wireless access (wi-fi.)  In the morning I go to a library and check up on email/forums.  In the afternoon, I can check email and forums again at the school where the summer camp is located.  I researched where I could go and found out all kinds of places are offering wi-fi access.  Some is free and some is not.    I knew many coffee shops had wireless but I learned McDonalds and many restaurants are offering it now too.   I noticed that most restaurants aren’t free, like McDonalds isn’t.  Although I read on some forum, ask at the counter for free wireless access coupons.   Many public places like the museums have wi-fi too.    I even found web sites that lets you enter in zip and they tell you all the places around the area that have wi-fi.    Last summer when we were traveling, some rest areas had wi-fi. 

Even though I work in the technology world its amazing just how “connected” we are between cell phones and internet.    That’s my random thought for the day.