everything_is_connected epitome of incomprehensibility ...I'm just not sure how. Specifically, I don't know if running the laundry machine while someone else is having a shower will make the shower water run cold, run too hot, or simply lose volume. So I'll wait. 241127 ... e_o_i And often how you wouldn't expect it, like craven crackdowns by Iran's government taking away a good part of my income. I'll explain: I still don't have news_from_the_boss, just from a colleague in Canada, and he doesn't have the access to resolve the website bug that's stopping people from booking tutoring classes with me. B. is still in Iran with very little Internet access, not to mention how dangerous it is right now. So I'll try not to be selfish. I'm sitting snug as a bug in a heated building on a cold day. Right now I have my parents paying me for part of the time I spend on clean-up stuff, etc.; they're doing some house renovations, which is a source of upheaval in itself, but at least it's a little lifeline for my little livelihood. But how will I be able to afford Janet's new creative writing class AND driving lessons? Can I borrow money for the driving lessons? Will that be annoying? Will its potential usefulness outweigh its annoyingness? Why is everything always contingent on something else, and not in a nice solvable way like a sudoku puzzle?? 260126 what's it to you? who go blather from