Internet issues

ARRGH! Nothing is more frustrating than trying to do homework, write a blog post, or talk on Skype with a fickle internet connection. I’ve come to the point where it’s easier to write my posts in Word first and then, when the internet works for 30 seconds, quickly copy and paste and publish. When I first arrived the internet was just fine and it always worked. But in the past week or so it’s been so frustrating. I usually use a network owned by my host family but since we are literally next to the university I can sometimes connect into their wireless network as well. When neither works, my last option is to go into their house and use their network that works only in their house and doesn’t reach my room. Remember I’m in a studio apartment setting separated from the main house. One night, at 11:30 or 12, I was desperate for internet. Neither of the two usual networks were functioning. So I packed up my laptop to move into the house only to find the front door locked. Luckily they had a little table and chair right outside the door so I sat there for the quickest internet visit ever to do only what I absolutely had to do. It was dark and awkward and I didn’t want to get eaten by mosquitoes.