Replying to NS: entertainment on dreary days.

So I never really venture into NSG. But today I find myself wanting to ramble about my problems like half of the teen-age-drama-stories that I see on this page. But in the past few days I bet I have spent 2 hours a day on NS. Normally I have no time for NS except checking the BST for great deals or selling a thing or two. But for the past few days I have had time. I have been stuck in a hospital. You see, my wife and I just had a baby girl three weeks ago. The long of the short is that she may have something called Hirschsprung's disease, a problem with cells missing in the colon, causing chronic constipation, even death if not treated. We came in on Friday, after a normal doctors appointment turned into lots of X-rays and tests. My little baby girl hasn't been allowed to eat anything for four days now. So, when I am not holding her and she isn't screaming because she is starving, or because she has 5 different tubes in her nose, arm, hand and feet, then I try to pass the hours. But, one can only check his email or look at skis and jackets on Ebay for so long. So, NS has kept me company. It is a strange age we live in. Literally 10 years ago this was not even close to an option - to surf the internet in a hospital, much less use a computer to see what other people are doing in the world. But, today I am very thankful for it.