(T)arina and (A)tkins in Chicago » fireworks http://www.tanda.im Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:17:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Communication lines down (and back up) http://www.tanda.im/2008/07/communication-lines-down-and-back-up/ http://www.tanda.im/2008/07/communication-lines-down-and-back-up/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:22:54 +0000 Tarina http://www.tanda.im/?p=86 If anyone tried to call our home phone in the last couple of days, they might have noticed that the line kept ringing and the answering machine didn’t pick up. That’s ’cause our phone (and therefore our internet) was out.
We first noticed it Wednesday night. Atkins mentioned that his iPhone wasn’t connecting. We figured it was down because of a line of storms that had come through that evening. In any case, we didn’t notice the phone was dead until Thursday morning. I spent many hours on the phone with AT&T for that and some other billing issues (that I’ll leave for another blog). Long story short, everything is all fixed up now. It was a “problem in the central office.” I’m not really sure what that means, but it got fixed and didn’t cost us anything, and that’s all that matters. haha

So, we are back in action. It was kind-of odd not to have the internet or home line for even such a short time. I wanted to look things up several times, only to be disheartened. It’s funny how reliant on technology we become! I wouldn’t last too long in the jungle, would I? Haha.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Fourth of July! It’s one of my favorite holidays, and I wish I was with my family to share it. Atkins and I are going to go to a party, though, so it should be fun. We watched some fireworks last night, but couldn’t see the big show from our balcony. Once we figure out the prime viewing spot in Chicago, we’ll be set!

I’m sure there will be more blogs now that the Internet is up and running.
Ciao!

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