I'm definitely back! It cost $255 and took forever but I have computer back and it is fine. It's better than fine. I had the memory increased and added a second hard drive.

Cats are fine. Wakana is too. We are packing and preparing to move once we close on the house. The next two weeks will be pretty hectic. There is a lot to do.

You should see this place. We are not all that neat anyway but now every room has been reduced to footpaths and there are only two narrow places left on the couch in the living room. We are piling boxes there. The books shelves are emptying and the pile of boxes is growing. Neko, the younger cat, has a great time exploring the changed configuration in the house. Mama, of course, spends her days outdoors and only comes in to eat and sleep in the evening.

At school we are studying drama now. I will be showing them plays on video as well as having them read the required curriculum. They are pretty bored with the whole thing. They can't see how it affects their lives and they want nothing to do with the subject. I think I need a better idea.

One course of action is to explain that there are plenty of boring activities that seem to have no purpose in their futures. That will get me exactly nowhere. At fifteen kids don't care about their future. I need them to look at what they see everyday with a more critical eye.