Friday
Took an impromptu half day yesterday after our cable modem decided to have a nervous breakdown and restart every few minutes or so. Since our telephone is routed through the cable modem, that didn’t work either. If you’re a telecommuter and you can’t make phone calls and do internetty stuff, you’re kinda not doing much work. A cell phone call to the local cable monopoly and an hour of check-the-cables-what-lights-are-blinking revealed that the modem was in fact no good. A technician has been dispatched and will be there between 8 and 5 tomorrow. Fantastic.
So Kate and I hit the road and cruised around our new town. I got a library card and Kate got a Moolatte at the local DQ. I returned to the southern old-man haircuttery for a trim, and then we cruised around the surrounding towns for a while. All part of moving to some other part of the world… getting to know your way around.
Saturday
Today I helped Kate with some of her crafts, and we took a walk around the neighborhood after the cable guy left. Local cable monopoly’s tech arrived around 4:50pm today, right on time. Sigh. I get a little annoyed when the technology isn’t working, but it’s not so bad in the grand scheme of things. I wouldn’t have had a half day without the modem failure.
Sounds like a lovely weekend to me! And no fussing with internetty stuff OR work.
Yea for you two to be out exploring the area in cars and on foot.
Cold in the barn today (Chico says, “hey” or “hay” and snow tonight. gross, maybe we’ll have a snow day on the first day back from vacation??
love momD xxoo
Sometimes those impromptu 1/2 day’s off are the best. Nice to see how you took advantage of it.
Have a great week.
mmm DQ. sounds yummy!
we seem to often have the same problem with our internet.
kinda poops on your day when that happens. we’ve got vonage and it’s gotten to the point where matt is reconsidering getting a land line instead. ~k