Posted by Jim at August 1st, 2005

A couple days of the week, I take care of my kids while simultaneously putting in a few hours of work. This is one of those days.

Owing to the fact that one of my clients has just moved from one office to another, I’m dealing with an issue related to their email. They can’t send. I’ve just put in calls to the IT department of the organization that owns the building they’re now in and to their email provider.

I’ve gotten voice mail at both places.

Having done everything I can, I’ve just decided that work for the day is done. Time to get groceries. I start making a list and get a call from my wife, allowing me to ask her if there’s anything else she thinks we need.

As we discuss the availability of fat free cheese, a call comes in on my cellphone. Meanwhile, one of my daughters (age 3) walks through the kitchen and into the bathroom.

I pick up my cellphone. It’s the IT guy from the building ACCESS is now in. We talk. I am now holding my normal phone (wife) in my left hand while talking to the IT guy on my cellphone (right hand).

My daughter walks out of the bathroom. She is not wearing pants.

Or underwear.

The IT guy is saying, “… the IP addresses are in a dynamic pool starting from…”

“I PEED!”

“… and continuing up to…”

“I PEED!”

My wife is giggling. My daughter runs out of the kitchen and downstairs to the basement. I manage to get the necessary information, close the conversation, and head downstairs to catch my kid before she sits on the couch.

It took thousands of years for humanity to develop the technology necessary for me to have this experience. Whether it was worth it, I leave up to you.