Good morning my DU family,
Wow, a whole day without the Internet.
I'll have to confess, I didn't handle it well, spending way too much time not accepting that this was a regional issue and they were on it.
I guess it kind of betrays how people like me, basically isolated in our homes most of the time, stay connected with other people.
I spent a lot of time on the phone, and next time, I think I'll embrace the quiet more readily. It was startling to be honest, so quiet all day long lol. No TV streaming, no computer videos, no news of any kind.
I ended up helping a friend and yapping with him and my sister for hours yesterday, doing some good.
It made me realize I'm totally dependent on the Internet to stay connected with the outside world.
Some lessons are harder to learn than others, but I will most assuredly embrace the peace and quiet more readily next time and enjoy the solitude.
As I wish everyone a wonderful day, please keep Debm55 in your thoughts and prayers today as she is having a day with some medical appointments that she's quite nervous about. (A biopsy)
Please give us a day filled with opportunities to feel connected, but also to go with the flow of a day, to let things be what they are, especially when we can't control their outcome.
Have a peaceful and quiet weekend DU,
Love, John 
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A few months ago a wind storm took out all the communications in my little town, no internet, no phone and not even analog radio! For 18 hours.
I was sort of okay except I didn't know how much area was without communications, could it be statewide or more? That was my greatest concern. But I found out later what it was. We're in a bowl so without our comms tower, no comms.
Then, earlier this week I took my car to a painter about an hour away and had a friend drive me home only to discover that I left my phone in the car... after my friend left. So that left me with no phone and no car. Fortunately I still had internet so I emailed my friend who went and got my phone and sent it back to me, arrived a day early too. But I was without my phone for a couple days during which a dear friend who lives far away called in a wellness check! She sent emails to someone but it wasn't my address so that was freaking her out. I'm just glad I was home when the cops showed up! I don't want to think about what they would have done if they came while I was out walking around town until ten minutes before they arrived!
I did have a couple of quiet days that I embraced, it's a good thing to have such brief interruptions, they help us appreciate them missing elements when they return.
Have a good day and a great weekend!