I’ve been wallowing at my parents’ house in Michigan for a whole week now.

OK, by “wallowing,” I mean I’m eating delicious home-cooked meals and getting to use an in-house laundry machine.

And while I’ve reverted to being a college student, I was surprised to see how much my parents — yes, Jeff and Cathy, the two most change-phobic people I know — have adapted their lives around the Internet.

First, they bought most of our Hanukkah presents online. Their old age has caused a growing irritation with holiday crowds, which has forced them to become more technologically adept. When buying each of their three directionally challenged daughters a GPS system, they conducted all their research online before ultimately landing at BestBuy.com. The presents were delivered to their local store, they picked them up, and avoided rabid salespeople and cranky shoppers. Of course, it only took them 12 years to finally realize they could do this.

(By contrast, when we bought them a Wii last year, they were very, very nervous that we bought it on eBay, instead of from a real human. Nevertheless, they were all-too-happy to show us how good they’ve become at Wii Bowling this year.)

Then there’s the fully Wi-Fi-ed house. That means that all the laptops — an average of one-and-a-half for every person — can be hooked up while we’re all enjoying our family time. I’m more connected at the home of two people who refuse to spend $10 a month on texting than I am in my apartment.

Finally, there’s the online TV-watching. Sure, these people have every channel available on Earth, but they’ve finally learned they can go online to watch all the shows they’ve been meaning to. Now obsessed with “Lost,” my dad can go back to his favorite episode where Hurley gets the Volkswagen bus working, and make us all “watch this part. Just this one part.” And he realized he can hook the computer up to the TV.

Seeing my parents become more Internet-dependent is like watching a baby discovering new things. You can’t help but stand back and marvel as they realize what’s in front of them, and how it all works.

At any rate, I’m just going to enjoy my free Internet, my free food and my free laundry until I have to return to work.