Sum of All Parts

I am in Canadia right now.  I've been here before, several times, but this time I'm going native.  Sticking with a real Canadian and staying in a real Canadian house.  I know that Nik wants me to think that I'm in a different country.  And while I do find that everything here is slightly different, it seems less like a different country than a backwards America, 5-10 years behind schedule. I kid, Nik, I kid.

But getting a file to Father this morning took some creative thinking.  Our hostess, Erin, is aces and beyond incredible.  Sets of sheets, nicely made bed, awesome and welcome accommodations.  Best hostess ever.  Except that she forgot her wireless password.  And Canadians are apparently not as generous as they'd like to let on, since I couldn't hack into any other wireless service.  But that's OK, Erin has a desktop and a laptop.  The laptop does not have MS Word and is very slow.  But the desktop has no USB ports.  (mind you, readers, this is happening today, in the summer of 2010)  So this morning, I used the desk top to check my mail.  Discovered that Father needed a file.  Opened up Cecil the Computer (my laptop), put the file on my flash drive.  Then headed downstairs to use the laptop.  All for a 20 page document.  I miss America.