Functional once more

The new modem arrived and after some hair pulling and hand-holding by a support tech we're online once again.

If we hadn't been able to get it working, the very nice couple who arrived last night offered us the use of their wi-fi connection to go online to get e-mail. They didn't set up their system last night due to the heavy rain and so they were setting their dish up at the same time we were this morning. I did make use of their offer to be able to go online and find a local Radio Shack for some cables, so that was handy.

But we're up and running once again. Boy, do I have a lot of blog reading to catch up on!

But first it's time to relax with an alcoholic libation and watch the leaves falling. Because I've worked as hard as I'm going to work for one day. This retirement stuff is rough.