Tuesday evening we had storms, and it was not unexpected for the internet to be down. Normally, our internet provider has a recorded message anytime service is out, letting their customers know how long they expect it to be down. But Tuesday night, there was none. I left a voice message to let them know we were down.
Wednesday evening, I called back and left another message. Nobody had bothered to call me back and our internet was still down. I wanted to know when it would be back up. After all, I pay for this service. A service tech called me back, apologizing for overlooking my call on Tuesday night. I apologized for leaving a terse message. He said everybody else was back up and we should be too, so he would look into why we weren't and call me back. He never called back that night.
I am not the most patient person at times. So I called again Thursday morning. My tech was not yet there (he works the later shift), so I called again when I got home and the internet was still down. My tech had not been able to find anything wrong but he walked me through a few things on my end to see if we could find the problem. He finally decided my radio had gone bad. He said someone would be out our way on Friday, so he would have them stop by and replace our radio. I thanked him and apologized again for being terse. I admitted I was just frustrated not having my internet, and he said he understood.
Friday morning, Hubby called me at work to say the tech had called and he was on his way, but it didn't matter. Hubby had found my problem, and I felt I owed my tech guy another apology. Critters had chewed through the wires running from my radio to my house. The very critters that we love to watch - squirrels, rabbits, ground squirrels. We feed them every day, and this is how they repay me?
Apparently the birdseed, corn, and sunflower seeds we fill the bird feeder with every day are not enough. The squirrels and ground squirrels are fat and sassy from eating there. Some food gets knocked to the ground as they stuff their fat little cheeks, and the bunnies do their best to clean it up. Why would they want to chew wires?
I'm ashamed to admit I was acting like my teenagers, distraught over being disconnected. I was not being a very good role model. But the internet is addictive, and I was having withdrawals. (Yes, I know I'm making excuses.)
I guess I'd better find some more tasty food for my critters, or else I need to slather my wires with something definitely NOT tasty!
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