really, I kid you not

"You're not going to want to sleep, you had tea. But I need to sleep."

"I'll just file this email... and this one..."

"Why don't you just close it, it will be there tomorrow."

"But I have tweets!"

"I'll tweet you! Close it!"

"Aaaah! Okay, I'll close this, and this..."

"Just close the whole thing!"

"...and this tab, and this one..."

"That big x right there! Click it!"

"And then shut down..."

"No! Don't shut my computer down!"

Okay, yes, I did run my mother out and then turn my computer back on... because I might be almost as much of an internet addict as she is.

I AM a mean daughter. But you should have seen her grin when I really pushed her, like she got a kick out of winding me up. :)