Stuck in $5/month Dial-up HELL

I'm still at my parents' home who have quite the timer on their [miserable] dial-up service so I'm just getting on -- Oh MY, I've been missed :) That's so heartwarming!

Real quick -- I just pulled an all-nighter so I could finish an 8x8 [frickin'] scrapbook my parents promised their buddy priest who accompanied us to Hawaii -- oh good god, it's been a [another] scrapbook nightmare. They just left for daily mass with it in hand (with five minutes to spare) AAARRGGHHHH! Mom thanked me profusely -- I told her it was worth a thousand bucks -- and she didn't flinch.

Can't wait to get to MY home Friday night :) and DSL...