June 5: Internet Woes

Woke up at 7 am this morning, and got ready a little earlier than I usually do, so that I wouldn’t be rushed. Ate cereal, then went to ILI.

In ECA we worked on talking to the taxi drivers, and giving directions. Most of us had already had to learn some of it, but it helped to have a bigger vocabulary.

MSA was more reading. I can actually read just about any word now. It makes me really happy. Of course…I don’t know what they all mean yet…so that is a bit of a problem…

After class, Anna and I went on a quest for a stationary store, because we were both running out of notebooks and pens. We take tons of notes in class…constantly. After Anna and the storeowner had a long miscommunication (both were trying to speak English, but it’s the second language for them both) we walked back to ILI. Anna stayed there, and I went back to the apartment to relax for a bit.

I feel like I’ve been running nonstop since I got here, so having a few minutes to relax is nice. I ate dinner, washed the dishes, cleaned the kitchen and the bathroom, started a load of laundry, and put my dry laundry away.

Now I’m tidying up my own room, and I think I’ll read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy later… Okay…I finished The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Now don’t go and get all excited…there are still 5 more books, because I bought The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide. It’s 815 pages long, I’ve only ploughed through about 136.

I think I’m going to work on my homework now…I have to write my letters and practice connecting them for MSA…

Okay, Madam Didi’s son Tareq called, and he gave me the password for a network that I could access from my room…if only my computer would connect to it. There must be something wrong with Vista…but I don’t know why it will connect to certain places, but not others. *sigh* I’m really frustrated. This is like starving and staring at a piece of food in a plastic wrapper, and not being able to get it off. Oh, and add Meg being able to connect to the network and not me…and you’re there.

I’m frustrated and crying now, because I don’t know what else to do. I’m on a different continent, and my computer won’t let me connect to the internet, where all the help desks and question things are. I don’t know what else to do. Meg won’t let me ask for help, because she doesn’t want me bothering people, but it’s perfectly okay for her to go downstairs and ask Madam Didi to fix something a MILLION times. Yeah…I’m sure that’s not bothering her…

I’m so upset that I’m going to go to sleep. Maybe I’m think of some way to fix all this…