A thoroughly Nepal Day

I am having, as one may guess from the title, a thoroughly Nepal day: The internet's been off, then the power (unscheduled) for much of northeast Kathmandu, where I live; my appointment today was canceled because the man I was meeting with has been in the hospital for the past 3 or 4 days, according to the woman with the shop next door; I've either got busy signals or no-answers for the phone calls I've been trying to make. Eh, it's all okay, but it means no real update to the blog (I'm at an internet cafe instead of posting from my computer). On the other hand, it hasn't rained for more than 20 or 25 minutes, so that's a plus.