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Long Server Connections

I had hoped to be in Quito for the day. That didn't work out as there was a patient who needed to go to Quito and one to come back. The little boy who went to Quito a while ago was about four years old. I don't know what happened to him, but he was hurting and scared. He had a leg all bandaged up, was wearing a cervical collar, and had an IV. His mom was going with him, and she was in tears, as was her son. My heart went out to them, and I found I could relate all too well to what they were going through.

The reason for my trip to the Quito office was to check on the server. There's a problem with long connection times to the ISP, and at $.02 a minute, connections that last more than the needed time will start to cost more money than we can afford to pay. I was hoping to check the logs to see how many long connections we've been having, and to try and figure out why they are happening. I think I'll head up there next week. I don't mind staying since Dustin has a piano recital to play at this evening. I think I'd be home, but there's always the chance when flying in Ecuador that you won't be where you want to be at the end of the day. Dustin has been taking piano lessons for a little over a month now. He's practicing at school during recess and enjoys it so far.