I had originally planned to sleep late with RQS and then go out for the day as Marian. Those plans all went to blazes around 10 am when the internet went out. Normally, an internet outage would be short, as a minor server glitch would be resolved without having to call the cable company. Today's outage was worse, as the TV signal died around noon, and took over 6 hours to get back to normal.
When I called the cable company, they claimed that there was no outage, and had me go through the usual routine of doing hard reboots of both my cable boxes and cable modem. At this point, I knew I'd have to untangle the spider web of cables behind my computer desk, as well as the wires leading to my land line. One problem - the computer desk is way too heavy to move while loaded, and I needed to get things done without moving the desk. Now, I know how a "shade tree mechanic" feels when working under a car.
Once I was done untangling the mess of wires and disconnecting my extra computer to make space in the corner where my main computer sits, I had a mess of stuff piled on my bed. This wasn't going to be dealt with in the afternoon. I needed to get showered and dressed, and do something worthwhile. This meant going out as Mario, and delivering another donation bag to Green Drop before their 5 pm closing time.
RQS and I had different reasons to go to Walmart, mine being a need to buy more storage containers. While on the way there, I received a call from the cable company telling me that they were working on the problem that caused me to lose my internet, and asked me if they could cancel my service call. Of course, I said YES. Now, RQS and I could sleep late, and I wouldn't have to present as Mario for part of the day.
By the time we finally made it home, the cable company was still working on the problem. An hour or two later, cable/internet service was restored. Now, we cold catch up viewing what we missed earlier.
