Lunchtime comes and goes. Since I slept in this morning, I do not need an afternoon nap. I decide to make use of the time and catch up on my journal entries, hoping to get a few blog entries done. Writing in the journal is the easy part. No one other than yours truly would more-than-likely ever read it, much less look for spelling and grammatical errors. All I have to do was put down my thoughts concisely enough so I can remember the little details of the goings on sometime down the road. I do catch myself writing with more vivid descriptions and humorous interjections than my journals of past trips. Maybe I can learn a few new tricks in my old age.
With the journal entries all caught up, I am forced to attempt to tackle a job I do not want to do, and that is blogging. I do not mind it while I am at home if front of a computer where I have some semblance of knowledge in its use. Today, I am attempting to blog with an iPhone and a wireless keyboard. I managed to get the phone and the keyboard linked while I was at home, and I hope I can do the same while I am here. I hate being technologically challenged, but some things are just too foreign. I finally get the two linked once again and log in through the admin portal of the webpage. Through a combination of keystrokes and using the touch screen, I am actually able to get to a place where I can make a blog post. Yeah for me! Maybe I am not quite as dated as I think I am. In all seriousness, the keyboard makes for much more efficient and therefore quicker work. I am able to read everything on the small screen with the help of extra-strength reading glasses. I hate to think of how many mistakes I made; I hope my readers will understand. I am blogging in African in a bush camp. Who would have ever thought that possible? Oops, I just noticed a mistake. It should be simple enough to fix. I touch the screen here, move the cursor, and backspace, backspace, backspace, type, type, type and enter. Enter. Enter. What? Nothing is happening. Vera! Johann! I think I broke your Internet. It turns out the router overheated and had to be rebooted. I have no idea if the work of the last two hours is still there or lost in space. Hint #6 got me again.
