Frustration was the word of the day Thursday!
Internet, phone & cable were on when we woke up. Having gone out a little before midnight Wednesday night we all went to bed hoping it would all be working fine in the morning. And it was, at first. Every so often pages would fail to load but then 10-15 minutes later would load up fine. Phone calls would get intermittent silence, odd interruptions of static, or just be completely dropped. One phone call I had took us three times of calling each other back to completely say all we needed to discuss! Very frustrating!
It was also the first day that I can say I was up and doing more normal things since I got sick back on the 11th, and especially so since the 15th when my illness took a bad turn for the worse. I found myself tiring very quickly even though I did not feel sick (except for the coughing). Also very frustrating!
So much to do - and so much keeping me from doing it!
When such days happen, and they will from time to time, I like to do something to get my mind off the frustration and not be so stressed from it.
The result is a bonus of two pics for today's blog (yesterday's really)!
In pic one we have four players in a game of frisbee. Taken at the end of summer picnic. It was a small picnic, somewhat impromptu, but those that came had lots of fun!
In pic two we have four more players. What we only catch a glimpse of here is the ninth player, who was in the middle at this time - we see only a bit of an arm at the far right of this pic.
The frisbee game began with 3 kids throwing the frisbee over the kid in the middle. Gradually more people took an interest and we ended up with a rough circle of eight, with a ninth in the middle. If the one in the middle could catch the frisbee then whoever had thrown it had to switch places with them and they became the one in the middle.
It was hilarious fun! I took over 300 pictures of the action. And we all have some really great shots showing people jumping for the frisbee, running or tumbling into each other as two or more tried to get it at the same time, or just plain laughing and having fun with the game!
It's a nice way to forget the frustrations of the day!
I'm going to have to come up with a plan for dealing with inclement weather and downed internet connections!
Today's pic shows the choppy waters of Lake Tomah from a month ago. The winds from the Oct 26th and 27th make this look tame!
I wish I could have taken some pics of that, but illness kept me inside so no new pics of any kind right now.
All over the news I've seen videos of what this massive storm system has done. Huge waves in the Great Lakes make their shores look like ocean beaches in a surfing championship. Some reports said waves on Lake Michigan were 22-24 feet high!
This system beats out the worst of the worst storms of the past, especially since no tropical system was involved in it's formation. Very rare!
Just like it's rare to have so much prolonged issues with internet connectivity. Charter's been very good about getting things up and running as quick as possible. And you would think that if we were going to lose service it would be during the worst of the storm ~ but this came near the end, as the winds were dying down some. Not sure what exactly went out, but around 11ish on Wednesday night (when I was reviewing pics for this blog) internet connections started "fritzing" (going off, then on, then off, etc) and after about 30 minutes or so of that we lost it all! Not just internet, but cable tv, and our phone! Perhaps I should consider acquiring their "backup" plan for phone service so I'll at least be able to make emergency phone calls during times like this.
