Awake: 5:30 Temp 60 sleep 5+48 light rain overnight @ Nicktown, PA.
1st thing this morning, aside from making my coffee, I lifted the receiver on our land line phone & what do my ears hear? A dial tone! Hey, I didn't do anything different! And now our computer is telling us to contact Verizon; next, my local Verizon call was forwarded to the Philippines & I spent about (20) min with a nice young lady who checked out our modem, our Ethernet, & went through several tests to assure us of quality Internet signals.
I thanked her profusely & began to realize: my cordless phones being cut off for (2) days, just might have been due to the re-arranging of the requested "Bundle Package" I signed up for on Friday, May 1st...from Verizon. These tech people have more control of our communications & computers than we realize. Scary, maybe!
Shortly after breakfast, I gave Gary & Rosemary a call to let them know....the Snapper mower did a good job & our phone & computer systems are back in business.
Zack called on our cell phone....and I asked him to call back on our land line. Kathy took the call for an early "Happy Mother's Day." She was nice enough to let me listen, but not to do too much talking. Zack was on his way to an informational meeting at Digi-Pen Univ. which specializes in bachelor's & master's degrees in computer gaming, an area of computerization that has interested & enticed Zack for many years.
Nick Skyped from Seattle & wished Kathy a "Happy Mother's Day." Jerry interacted with us for quite some time before going off to play with some of his toys.
Dinner: White Chili with tortilla chips.
Evening movie including popcorn: "Magnificent Yankee" with Louis Calhern, Ann Harding, Eduard Franz, James Lydon, etc. Genteel, entertaining saga of Oliver Wendell Holmes & his devoted wife, spanning many decades from the day they arrive in Washington, D.C., in 1902 so he may join the Supreme Court. A pleasure from start to finish, with Calhern re-creating his triumphant Broadway role. 1950. Very impressive story.
Lights out: 12:04am
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