Saturday, Mid-Afternoon

I got the internet repaired this morning. I'm hoping that that means that I won't be having a visit from a telus technician every two weeks.

In about 2 hours I have a health appointment that I'm both nervous and excited about.

I'm debating the merits of attending church tonight, or simply coming home after my appointment and having the quiet evening of Grey's Anatomy and self-care that I'd had planned for last night.

So, we'll see how the evening goes.

But for the moment at least, I'm grateful to have my internet connection restored.

Daily 5 - Day 74

So, I got rather involved in a very long conversation with a dear friend last night, and totally forgot to make the daily 5 list for yesterday. But, here it is!

1. The internet in our house being fixed
2. a ham and swiss croissant for breakfast
3. a long conversation with a dear friend
4. watching U2 play a concert in LA live on youtube
5. a steak sandwich for supper after a late afternoon fall drive to Banff (I'm craving red meat again these days)

Functional Internet

I spent an hour with the Telus technician this morning, and we seem to have functional internet in our home again.

Turns out their modems don't always pick up a Mac computer. Not good. He said he sees more Macs than PCs in homes these days. He eventually called a tech support line and they were able to give him the fix. Turns out it was quite simple, and he was rather annoyed that they hadn't updated their technicians that this problem occurs and that it is a simple fix. Figures.

But, for those of you I owe an email to, it's still going to be a while in coming. I'm heading to the mountains for a couple hours instead of catching up on email. It's a rare, fairly warm and sunny late fall day, and I think I'm going to go take advantage of it for a while. Catch up emails can wait another while... sunny days not so much at this time of year!

Internet Down

I've had kind of a rough night.

I'm at my parent's house, borrowing their internet. My internet at home is down. AGAIN. And this time I'm likely going to miss a free cooking class on Sunday that I registered for months ago in order to be home for the technician to come. But, more internet for the rest of the week (since it's my major means of communicating with a lot of people very dear to me) trumps cooking class.

The conference I'm attending hit hard on some of the raw spots in my life right now, and I'm reeling a bit, feeling exhausted.

Because the internet is down, it's going to be quiet here until at least Sunday.

If you're the praying sort, I'd appreciate your prayers as I continue to listen for Jesus through the remainder of the conference tomorrow, and as I head through the rest of the weekend.