A thunderstorm went through Monday night and took out our DSL modem, so we're 'offline' for a while, until we can get another one.
I spent an hour and a half on the phone last night with Tech Support trying to find an alternative that didn't involve replacing the unit, but to no avail. So today Cheryl and I are going to meet for lunch and modem-shopping!
We've had so many thunderstorms lately that it's been necessary to shut down the computers anyway to keep them from being damaged. Lots of lightning strikes close by.
I felt really bad for Adam Monday morning, when he had gotten up extra-early so he could play Lego Star Wars 2 (no, of course he's not obsessed!!) but we couldn't let him turn on the computer because the sky was lighting up all over the place with horizontal lightning, and thunder was shaking the house. He was so eager to play! But ... we had to say No.
Luckily for him, the storm was over by the time he got home from school, so he was able to play then.
But his brother ran into the same thing this morning. He had gotten up extra-early, too, so he could finish his homework (getting James to finish his homework is like pulling teeth), and he was hoping to have a few minutes on the computer as well, even willing to forego breakfast to squeeze as much time as possible ... and just as he was finishing up the homework, the thunder echoed across the sky and the lightning started. Sorry, James!
We'll just hope things have improved by afternoon.
1 comment:
are you in the thunder and lightning belt or something.
All we get here is wind. If you have some spare rain with that thunder and lightning please send it our way.
Sorry about your modem. A storm got mine a few years ago and I had to send my hard drive to LA to get it replaced. That was not fun. but it was under warranty at the time.
I like this laptop with the wireless so I can use it anywhere in the house or on the road in most places. I rarely plug in the phone line now.
Tell the boys they can just get a book and read when they can't use the computer.
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