Good news and Egyptian theatre

First, the good news. The owner of our compound claims we should have access to DSL internet in 15 days or less. This is great news since right now we have to go up to the roof level to get a signal. Sometimes if we sit really close to the window in the boys' bedroom we can get a faint signal. We are thrilled and are crossing our fingers that this isn't another promise said just to make us happy. We were trying to come up with different options for our homeschool configuration because we will need internet access. If we get DSL it would make our lives a whole lot easier. I confirmed with Todd that there was not even a whisper of "no problem" in the conversation so that is a good sign.

Second, we took the family to see the Harry Potter movie tonight. About an hour and 15 minutes into it the movie stopped, the lights came on, and everyone stood up and moved toward the doors. Turns out the movies here have an intermission. It lasted about 5 minutes and then the movie resumed. Great if you have to take a kid to the bathroom (which we did) but I could see a movie losing a little momentum. I do remember an intermission at a movie once in the States. It was some looooooooong movie I think about the Civil War. Todd could tell you. He was the one who took me. It was like our 3rd or 4th date or something and I fell asleep. Fortunately he still chose to marry me despite my ability to sleep anywhere at any time--even on a date with him.