Home Is Where The Heart (Wifi) Is

"Home Is Where The Heart Is" - Gaius Plinius Secundus (23 AD) 

I recently spent a weekend away at my Grandma's house in Scotland. As lovely as it was to see the Scottish side of family, I did find myself always searching for a wifi connection wherever I went. My Grandma doesn't own a computer, let alone a wifi router, which is fair enough seeing as she doesn't know how to use such a thing but rather frustrating on my part.

I know what you're all thinking, 'It's only 4 days, I'm sure you could cope without wifi Mhairi'. Ordinarily, I would have agreed with you but, when I got back, I realised I had never spent such a long time without internet connection. I know how incredibly snobby and ungrateful this must sound, and I genuinely did have a (mostly) good time when I was up there. And, if it meant some extraordinary wrong in the world was righted, I would give up my internet connection without a thought. 

I guess what I'm trying to say is I didn't realise how much people these days just take wifi as a given. I've never really thought about it before but if I go out somewhere I almost always connect to their wifi whether I actually need it or not. It’s just something I do. When I got back home I spent hours on end catching up on Youtube etc. Which leads on to another realisation. I subscribe to a hell of a lot of people. I was only gone 4 days and there were at least 35 videos in my subscription box!

Despite my yearning for internet, I still stand by the fact that I do NOT think I’m an internet addict. I know people who, when not sleeping or at school, don't do anything else other than go on the internet. I, however, have a social life and actually go out and be with my friends instead of just messaging them (although I do a lot of that too). 

You may or may not be wondering why the title is what it is. Another thing I have noticed is I only have 3 places where my wifi connects automatically; my school, my house and my best friend’s house. These are the places I am most often, evidentially, and probably what I would call "home" (minus school....I’m forced to go there :P). So, "Gaius Plinius Secundus" (Yes, I did spend time looking that up...don't judge) I think that it’s time for a change in your quote. 

"Home Is Where The Wifi Is" - Gaius Plinius Secundus (23 AD) & Mhairi (2013 AD)