Delay due to technical problems.

I have been delayed again (obviously) in getting a story post done. My Toshiba laptop is slowly dying. It is just functional enough that I can delude myself into thinking that it is workable or salvagable, And Sunday night my DSL modem died. Nobody sells just a modem anymore so I had to spend $80 on a wireless DSL modem/router. I am trying to make due with my little netbook. I will be chaining myself to my computer and hammering out another chapter soon.