Experiencing Technical Difficulties - Please Stand By

OK, so I'm not entirely sure what's going on, but both Jen and I are experiencing computer problems. Mine's started overheating again like it was last summer - so apologies to anyone with whom I've been in an MSN conversation lately who's had me drop off with no warning and not return. That would be the computer overheating part. Yesterday I bought a small desktop fan to help circulate air around the back of my machine, but that had no effect, since the stupid thing overheated again this morning. Today I went on a hike around the neighbourhood and finally found an electrical store that sells cans of compressed air. I blasted out the back of my machine and now I've got my fingers crossed that she'll behave herself again.

Jen's computer, on the other hand, has suffered some severe virus and spyware attacks - and currently I can't even get Windows to load on it! One of our computer-savvy housemates has promised to look at it later tonight. So for any of Jen's friends and family that may be wondering if she's dropped off the planet, well, no, she hasn't, and hopefully we'll have her machine back up and running again soon. And yes, I will let her borrow mine. As long as mine decides to keep working, that is. :-)

On a completely different topic, I realized I forgot to include a funny incident in yesterday's blog. Picture me walking along a sidewalk as I crossed a bridge on my way to the Botanical Gardens. Hordes of schoolkids on an excursion were passing me the other way, heading into the city. I have finally trained myself to walk on the LEFT instead of the right side of the sidewalk, as is the custom here. The kids, being kids, were all over the place - and several of them practically walked into me! (I didn't really care, I was finding it quite funny - they'd be concentrating on their feet, or on a friend, and then look up and realize there was a person in their way. Ha ha!) But what cracked me up was their teacher, at the back of the class, who was herding her charges with calls of "Come on now, move over to the left, it's not like we're Americans..." Ha ha ha!