Unintended Consequences

 I tell my mentees that every policy has an intended and one or more unintended consequences. Mom and I experienced that today. I was out on the patio working at 5 pm, and the sun was shining on me, making me and my computer very hot. Barb came to see me after pickleball, and I told her I was getting hot. Barb is always a problem solver. So she said I should move the table back into the shade. So, together, we moved the table, and it was much cooler. The next day, I set up my computer on the patio for my first-morning meeting, and I couldn't get my computer to hook up to the Wi-Fi. So I rushed into the house, turned on my office computer, and had all my meetings that day there. I thought something was wrong with my laptop and searched online for a solution, but none worked. My computer worked fine in the bedroom but not on the patio. So, on my walk that night, I realized that the problem started when we moved the table. So I moved the table closer to the back of the house, and the computer Wi-Fi worked again. So, moving the table had the intended consequence of getting me out of the sun but the unintended consequence of getting me out of the Wi-Fi range.