Things are getting better

The children are taking the loss of Pip much better then we thought, they really are more resilient then you think. E's taken the loss very badly, but it takes time to get over losing a friend like that. And thanks Rad for the kind words.
Laptop is supposed to be here on Friday and I hope its delivered as promised.
The Broadband is also supposed to be enabled on that day, but the asdl moden still hasn't arrived, but hopefully soon.
So I might just actually get to experience the Superhighway on Friday instead of the B-road of dial-up.