June 22, 2023

Panic in our household, internet was out most of the day. Exhausted me!

Daily Diary, Day 1025:

Our internet provider has been out of service most of the day, and I am not sure when it is going to be up and running. So, if it is dinner time and it still isn’t working, I am going to try posting on facebook/substack on my phone to at least let everyone know why there was no post today.

Not used to using my phone for anything much beyond taking photos, and, strange as it might be, using it as a phone. So, I am even going to need to download Facebook ap, and see how to post using the substack ap.

Started the day at dentist at 7 am, for the replacement of an old crown, with a new one. I know I’ve posted about this before, but with the new technology my dentists have, I was out of there with the new crown by 8:15. No trying to make an impression by biting down on what feels like rubber cement, no temporary crown that often falls out. Easy-peasy!

Once home, given that I was still numb from the novicane, I walked, took my shower, and that’s when I learned that the internet was out. I began to panic a bit because I always host a zoom meeting on Thursdays, and now I needed to figure out how to download a zoom ap to my phone, make sure I was logged into the account I use to host these meeting, make sure that other people could actually joint the meeting, figure out things like how to view everyone when the controls on the phone ap are slightly different than in the browser on the lap top.

It all worked out, I got someone to sign in early so I could make sure it was working, etc. and the meeting went well. But now I’m exhausted. Too much pressure.

Ok, I’ve figured out how to post on Facebook and substack, but with tiny phone, with tiny keyboard, I won’t be able to do more than put up an explanation for why my post is short for today, and if I need to do that, this can be my post for tomorrow.

I need to recharge my phone, which is also exhausted from all the activity, and then off I go on my second walk of the day (the sun did come out this afternoon, so not as warm as yesterday when it was sunny all day, but definitely warmer than this morning.)

So, as you may have guessed, five minutes after I got home, the internet was restored, so I am going to post this right away, in case it goes down again! Here is a photo of another bloom that I took today, on a different route than I have been walking.