Could someone please tell Google Ads to get its act together?

It takes forever to get into a thread, and the bottom bar on my computer - I have no idea what it's called - shows that it's waiting to connect to page2ads.googlesyndication.com or something similar.

Zerlina, what broswer and version are you using? Also, do you have security program? If so what version and are you allowing ads/popups through it?

Thanks

Internet Explorer 7, I think. Yes, I have pop-up blocked, but it's always blocked; this is the first time I've had the annoying Google ads wait.