The past several days have been rough. Really rough. No, I haven’t had a return of my manic state, nor has the pall of depression settled upon me. Worse. Much worse. I lost my internet connection at home! Oh the agony of it all!
It started Saturday. We would have internet, then it would suddenly cut out on us. Then it would come back, then cut out again. I tried everything I knew how to do – rebooting the modem, rebooting the router, manually connecting to the router, manually connecting to the modem, all to no avail. I played with all the settings on my computer for a wireless connection but nothing worked – it still would cut out on me. I even stayed home from church on Sunday, deciding this was more important than Palm Sunday (even though we were singing one of my favorite anthems). I was cut off from the world, for God’s sake (not to mention not being able to check to make sure I had uploaded my homework in time).
Finally, Monday I called our cable company and was routed to our ISP. The person who was to help me swore his name was “Bob” but his accent was more appropriate for New Delhi. I’m quite sure that we were having a significant issue with communication when he couldn’t even pull up my account. So I called the cable company again and spoke to someone a little more local. They were going to try to send someone out Monday, but the soonest they could guarantee sending out a technician was Tuesday. Well, that gave me some time to beat a path through all the crap in my room so he could at least reach the router/modem.
Anyway, to make a long story short(er), it appears that it’s fixed, but I have some doubts. I had some trouble getting on last night, but once I did, it seemed to stay. I came to work today where I have an internet connection that is a tad more reliable, and I have classes this afternoon and evening, so I won’t be home to see if we have in fact solved the issue. I’m sure I’ll hear from my nephew if it continues to be a problem. He felt as lost and cut off from the world as I did – no X-Box Live for him during our isolation.
I suppose I’m happy to be back at work after two days off either cleaning my room or waiting impatiently for the cable guy. I’m having a bit of trouble getting back into the swing, though. I’m not very motivated about my current project although I know it’s a necessary part of the website. It’s just more than a little boring. Hopefully my boss will be finding me something a little more riveting to work on as a relief to this, but in the meantime I’ll have to just keep plugging away. Well, except for times like these when I take a break on my own. Generally, I get things done a lot faster than she expects, so I have some leeway with this project.
So thus ends my synopsis of my trials and tribulations over the past few days. Thankfully, I was pretty much over my manic episode before the powers of hell descended upon my internet access – I’m sure it would have driven me completely over the edge were I not feeing appreciably better. Now I just need to make it through another hour at work and a couple of marathon classes. I could use a little of that early hypomanic energy about now, but since I’m definitely glad to be rid of the rest of the symptoms, I’m not going to complain too much. Then again, it wouldn’t really be me if I didn’t complain just a little.
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Really enjoy your blog! Hope your kitchen remodel is soon done. Focus on the way it will look - maybe that'll help. (And a trip to Hawaii wouldn't hurt 
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Thanks for dropping in, sweetness - it was great to see you! 
Take care of that arm, my friend, and talk to the doc if you need to... 
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OMG! I know exactly how you feel. My laptop crashed and it took like two weeks to fix it. I was pacing around the house because I use the laptop the most, to edit film and whatnot.
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