Five Minutes

Everyday.nnYou're hunched at the computer, flicking the keys with the greatestof ease - or, like me, poking each stroke with the speed ofa...umm...well, it DID rhyme!nnEveryday.nnYou're mesmerized for hours by the wonders of Internet business - you market, you negotiate, you design, you submit, you research,you chat...a lot...nnEveryday.nnEnthralled and empowered by your cyber-independence, you plan andscheme, plot and dream.nnWhile life in the REAL world goes on around you...nn"Hey Mom, can I have lunch now?? It's three o'clock!!"nn"Huh? Whaa...yeah, five minutes, honey...lessee, click here..."nnFunny how the daily grind hasn't ground to a halt...nn"Dad?? Couldya sign this? It just says that you know about mytryin' to burn down the school and ya assume full financialresponsibility...No big deal, couple alarms..."nn"Darn HTML code...Hmm? Yeah...five minutes, umm...son??"nnThings just keep rolling on...nn"Ya GOTTA see this cool fort me and Billy Scuzbucket built,Grandma!!! And we got grenades, napalm, coupla ICBMs...WAAAY cool!!!"nn"Whazzat? D'ja want something, sweetie? I'll be right there...justfive minutes..."nnLife is like that...nn"Are you Dilbert Greenbaumgarten? Sir, are you aware that yourchildren are conducting a warehouse sale of stolen merchandise inyour garage? You'll have to come with us, sir."nn"Yeah, yeah...garage sale, ahh...be with ya in five minutes...justleave the money in the coffee can on the folding table, K??"nnEveryday.nnJust five minutes...nnWhoa...super-important e-mail...ahh, look, be with ya in fiveminutes...seen the kids?? Honey?Hello?? Coulda sworn we had furniture before... nn Dan Reinhold is the proud author of "The WAHumor Way: RealityCheck, Please!", the essential primer for everyone starting a homebusiness or even thinking about it. With two boys, a dog, a cat, arat, a wife and a household to keep together to boot, Dan's alsothe editor of WAHumor to hang on to his sanity by showing howinsane the work-at-home community can be!nn Subscribe quickly at WAHumor@aweber.com You could Win Big!! nn This article is an excerpt from "The WAHumor Way : Reality Check,Please!", now available at www.WAHumorWay.com