I am fully expecting to come home to a river of salmon and ice cream.
I lost my remote connection to my home computer. I asked our network guy to see if he had blocked my IP from getting out because he hates me, and while he assured me that he does in fact hate me, he claims that he did nothing to any of my ports (and then started talking about pasta and godfathers and I am super confused). So, that leaves the power. The city IS in the middle of a thunderstorm, so even with all my paranoid conspiracy imaginings, the most likely scenario is that the power went out at my house and that is why I can’t connect.
That does little to rest my mind at ease, though. My home PC is actually a laptop, so when the power blows (once or twice a week) I do not shut down. I lose my internet connection, sure, but when the power comes back on I reconnect as soon as the modem and router come online. It is a good setup. I dislike being offline.
It’s been over ten minutes since I lost my connection and I still can’t seem to get online. This leads me to believe one of two things has happened:
- Our power is still off, putting the contents of my freezer at risk – and I just bought some of my favourite ice cream that I only get once every two years or so, and the thought of it melting all over my floor makes me sad
- I can’t connect to my laptop because the power surged and fried everything on my desk and I’ve lost everything and have no more laptop
Both of these scenarios are terrible. I’m not going to be able to get anything done today; I’m too worried about my ice cream and porn.
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Back when my anxiety was completely out of control, I would wake up in the middle of the night (whenever I wasn’t sleeping at home – and since my boyfriend of the time had a better bed, that was often) panicking that my apartment building was burning down.
So I’d do the logical thing and phone myself. If my old-school answering machine picked up, all was well and I could go back to sleep. If it did not, it must be melted onto the side-table and all my worldly possessions had gone up inflames and I should drive across town to try and mitigate the situation.
Needless to say, power outages screwed mightily with my plan. I feel your pain.
sonofabitch. stupid wordpress screwing with my logins.
Your icecream will be fine. It takes quite a while for a freezer to defrost if you don’t have the door open.