Wednesday, September 1, 2004

We are now into the second full week of school and the pace of things has picked up substantially. Sue has also started language study so is gone before the girls leave for school.
Sue is learning to roast and grind coffee beans the traditional way as part of her culture and language training. I'm hoping she learns how to carry wood and start fires next as our apartment is freezing.

Just before school started our building took close to a direct lightning strike. It was the middle of the night and I thought a bomb had gone off. Sue leaped up hitting me at the same time, adding to the sensation we had been hit. The lightning fried a couple of staff notebook computers including mine as well as damaging some network equipment. Fortunately we were able to recover data off the computers but will need to send them out of country for repairs.