There's a cup of coffee for you...

This week our internet was out. Let's just say it was a gardening accident, and leave it at that, shall we?  We have also been without our filtered water for two weeks, due to a problem with the filling station at the grocery store. No water. No internet.

Eliza declared it "apocalyptic" - with great glee. Then it became tragic. No internet or water? First world problems. (I mean, yes, water is super important, but while we obsessively check to see if we might be under a boil order, we technically have water.)

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THE STORE WHERE YOU WORK
SELLS *GLUTEN FREE* STROOPWAFELS?!?!?!?!?

It quickly became clear though that there was a layer of communication we were missing, even just within our house.  Eliza can't text without wifi, so there were no delightful BTS GIFs showing up on my phone. And I couldn't send her photos from the kitchen, or the store, or from wherever I was. We're just short of obsessed with practicing making poached eggs, and UGH, I couldn't send her a photo of my nearly perfect breakfast!!!

!!!!

 She got more exercise, walking uptown to the university library to check on email and texts and do her language study, but a teenager without a way to communicate easily with friends is rather tragic. Thankfully we have a brilliant friend who thought nothing of stopping by and fixing our troubles in 15 minutes flat. Still no water, but we're back up and running and texting and blogging...

I am eating a nectarine. Duh.
Translation: OMG, THERE ARE NECTARINES!!!