The unthinkable is happening.  My trusty laptop is dying.  It started back in September, but all the early symptoms were easily ignore-able.  And then, just four days ago things got serious.  Yesterday I took my laptop to our local computer doctor.  He urged me to get a new one ASAP.  Today things took a turn for the worse.  

But on the "good news" side of the ledger, today we learned of someone who can hand carry a new one out to us in early January.  So Favorite Youngest Son (our very own, very favorite computer guru) is busy picking out just what Dear Old Mom needs.  

I'm knee deep in producing what will be a 30 page document for the government of Cameroon.  It's our biggest computer project of the year.  This is our annual report on all the activities of our Association.  And it's due in January, preferably nearer the beginning of the month than the end.  Well, everything is on hold now as we wait for the new computer to arrive.