My inquiries regarding line-of-sight internet came to nothing. It would have been possible, but the cost to install a 110-foot antenna would have been more than $1,600. My brief fantasy of working online for 10-12 hours per week for a Chinese linguistics concern as a native English speaker and having unlimited excellent reception of internet television screeched to an abrupt halt. Now, I have only BBC World news channel, which stretches about four hours of news programming into 24 through endless repetition. Is one channel in English enough to warrant paying for cable access every month? And my problems with shaky internet service remain. I had not realized how limiting it is to have no television AND very little streaming capability.
Suddenly, it has rained nightly for four days, or daily for four nights, if you prefer. Suddenly, dozens of roly-poly fat beetles appear out of the darkness, attracted by my reading lamp. The dogs chase them until they give up, exhausted, helpless on their backs, waggling their little legs until I sweep them up and dump them outside.
Keiser University has concluded its spring semester, which means I'll have no students to tutor until September. Suddenly, my small world has become microscopic. I definitely will be buying some more chickens.
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