On the internet again

Saying that reminds me of the Johnny Cash song "Oh the Road Again." That is what having the internet here feels like to me. Here in Brazil there is not a person I know that does not have problems with one utility or another. I am very forunate. Without internt my life is not as comfortable, but some of my friends have problems with water or eletricity. Compared to them, not having internet for the last 5 days is nothing.

In a way it is nice. From the internt we get contact with the rest of our family through skype (I do miss that alot). On the other hand we get our knowledge of the happenings in Syria, or the child thrown from the back of truck in Oklahoma while the driver talked on the phone. I don't miss that. We also get our TV and netflix from the internet. I do love TV, but without it basically the last 5 months has been fun in my family.

Without TV we have Skipbo or UNO tournaments. Gareth is reading tons, and his reading level has gone up 3 grades. We play in the pool as a family. There is just more time for us together. We are making memories. Don't get me wrong, the minute we can get netflix Gareth and I will be catching up on our favorite shows together. (John does not appreciate our choices of Disney teen shows).

Let's see how long we have it this time. Longest stretch is 10 days. Shortest is 4 hours.