Maybe I shouldn't have called it stupid...

Technology bites me in the ass again!!

So work was pissing me off today, so I decided to opt out at 1:30 to head to the gym and run a couple of errands, with the plan that I would come back with a clearer head and work late to make up the missed time.

So I had a good workout, got some yummy groceries and got home by 3:30.

Decided to check my email, etc before I hopped into the shower just in case I missed something important. Answered about 3 emails, then went to check some stuff on the work website.... then...WTF...page not found! Uh-oh. Try again. Refresh. Page not found. Uh-oh some more.

Looked at modem, and yup, you guessed it. Online light not lit up. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Fine, so I hop in the shower figuring it will fix itself. Return fresh and clean 15 minutes later, only to find that it's still offline. Booooo. Then I hear some beeping coming from downstairs. What the hell is that? I follow the sound, and it leads me to our alarm system's main panel....beep, beep, beep. The display tells me there is "trouble", press #2 to find out what kind of trouble. "Telephone Line Trouble". Argh.

So yup, over to the phone I go. Press the talk button, and nothing....silencio. Lovely. So now, no internet for worky and no phone to call and let the bosses know. AND NO FACEBOOK OR BLOGGER!!! You know, the really important stuff. Yikes.

So I putter around my office doing a few other things. An hour goes by, still no action. Then I go downstairs and make fruit salad for this week's breakfasts. Check the phone...nadda. Go outside with coffee and read my book for half an hour. Check the phone again...you guessed it, nothing.

Gah!

Called Eastlink from my cellphone in there somewhere and get the automated response thingy that says yes they know there is a problem and they are sorry for the inconvenience. Whoopee. Good for them. I even saw an Eastlink truck in my area, but for all I know he lives out here.

So I make a batch of tuna noodle casserole, read some more, make a marinade for tomorrow night's salmon fillet, prep some chicken in marinade to put in the freezer, check the phone and modem one last time...and at 8:15 give up and watch Juno. Cute movie. :) Oh ya, failed to mention that the cable TV was out too. Yaaiee for bundled packages, right?

Checked the progess when movie finishes at 9:30ish and I finally have my connection to the outside world back. Grrrrreat, now I can finish the work I wanted to do SIX FREAKING HOURS AGO.