What Happened to My Connections?

I forgot to mention in my last post that despite Azuki's bout with a sudden and mysterious illness the other day, she still managed to create some havoc in my life. While I was in the midst of a yahoo messenger chat with my best friend from California about life, love, and relationships, all of a sudden my connections went haywire. This is not unusual, but usually my lan connection only takes a few seconds to re-establish itself, but this time, all I was starring at was blankness. Now, this might not be such a dire situation for most people, as you can just PICK UP THE PHONE and call your best friend. Or see her next weekend. But hey, I live in another continent from most of my close friends, in the land of the Rising Sun and in a region that is still referred to by some as the Far East, an expression coined by Europeans probably during their imperialistic era, because, to them, Asia was far, and it was to the east of them. Due to such structural difficulties, I have mostly maintained my relationships through emails and messengers, and conduct most of my conversations in cyberspace. Unless you count the conversations that I have with my dog. Which, for some reason, although I try to ask her about her opinions on important matters, she has never replied with anything more than a WOLF, or a WON WON if you want the Chinese/Japanese way of dog speak. And for those of you wondering why I don't confide in my husband--well, you can't really do that if you want to complain ABOUT HIM, now can you? That is why every girl needs other girl-friends (I can also make some below-the-belt comment about how Matt is only at home half-time anyways because he travels so much--just this year so far already 9 times to Hong Kong, 3 times to Korea, and once to New York and London--but I am soooo above that kind of childish behavior so I will just leave this run-on-sentence in parenthesis to diminish its importance).

Anyways, back to my original point--so I looked down and saw the pup looking oh-so-innocently back up at me, and then I saw....my lan cable being chewed wide open. She must have been working on it for awhile because there were at least three places that had discernible holes, with one that exposed the inside mini-wires in green, red, blue, and yellow. And this whole time I thought she was sleeping underneath my desk because she was sick!

Usually, such grave transgression would warrent a firm scolding and perhaps even a light tap on the rear. But because I knew she wasn't feeling well that day, I didn't have the heart to punish her. Instead, I managed to find a back up cable that was way too short to reach my desk, so I spent the next 20 minutes or so typing on the floor, crounching over my computer like an old lady.

It's a very good thing that the pup is cute. Well, to us anyways.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Matt would like to point out that he has only been to Korea 2 times this year, not the 3 times as stated by the author above. This blog therebye issues a formal apology to Matt or to anyone that might be offended by such an outrageous contortion of facts. Furthermore, the views of the author does not necessarily reflect the views of this blog (or does it?). People, events, and facts might be slightly exaggerated or entirely made-up, for that matter, for comical effects. And no, mother, we are NOT having marriage problems.