Impatiently waiting...

I have moved from CA, where I had a DSL line, to Kentucky, where I am currently residing with my Sister and her husband. They live on 7 beautiful acres "out of town" with four dogs, six cats, one horse and whatever other fauna wander through their property--snakes, gophers, rats, lots of bugs--walking, flying and humming--and assorted other species. The downside (at least for me) of living here temporarily while I prepare to move in to my own place is that no satellite or cable communications are available--not enough people to feed the bottom line and too many trees to let the satellite signals get through. So, whenever I use the Internet I am (shall I risk saying this) on a dial-up line.

I am trying to be patient as I wait for things to "load". Text obviously is faster than anything photographic or complicated. I am learning to be creative with the time I spend waiting. Sometimes I take short naps, but I find that often my head hits the keyboard and sends commands that I never intended and, I have to redo whatever it was for which I was waiting ever so patiently.... Other times I re-arrange the furniture in the bedroom where I'm staying or paint the room, or give myself a pedicure. On a few occasions I read. I found that War and Peace is about the right length for a large download of photos.

So maybe all this wait time is a good thing. I am accomplishing a lot around the house and stimulating my brain which goes mushy if I just stare at the screen, watching that little blank "bar" at the bottom fill up with blue. I have also learned that the computer universe has a sense of humor. If I leave the room to use the bathroom or make a quick cell phone call, the blue bar fills up immediately in my absence and by the time I get back to my computer, I've been signed off because I took too long. Good-bye! If any military geniuses or police read this, I have a suggestion for them--want to torture prisoners? Break them down? Force a confession? Just make the alleged enemy or criminal use dial-up to access YouTube or the like and you'll get everything you want and more. I confess it would work for me....