The COVID-19 Diary: Friday 30 October

I went to bed last night around midnight. I usually catch up on some webcomics using my iPad before I go to sleep. About halfway through my reading my internet connection went out. I rebooted my cable modem but it wouldn’t reconnect. I turned out the light thinking that I’d have to buy a new one in the morning because I had status reports due by 3 PM on Friday.

I woke up at 4 AM and after lying awake for a while checked my internet connection. It was working. I offered a prayer of thanks for not having to go to Best Buy in a few hours and went back to sleep.

I woke up at 9 AM. I had been out cold. I must have slept through my alarm or turned it off in my sleep. I went into the bathroom and turned on the light. Nothing. I tried the bedroom light. Nothing. Power was out in the area. Now I had to figure out where I could go to get an internet connection if power didn’t come on soon because if those status reports weren’t done by 3 PM the world would come to an end. I also didn’t have a way to make coffee so the world could go ahead and end as far as I was concerned.

The power came back around 10:30, as I was considering spending $30 to have Uber Eats deliver a Box O’Joe^®. I made coffee and turned on my work laptop. I had started a massive software update on it Wednesday afternoon. It would run and power off when done. I was out yesterday so I hadn’t turned it on since. I logged on and Windows started up. A dialog box came up asking for my password again, which isn’t unusual after a major software update. What was unusual was that I kept getting messages that the connection wouldn’t complete. I tried at least a half dozen times using different passwords and changing other settings with no luck. I was looking up the number for technical support when it finally connected.

Thank you, Lord. I wrote and sent my status reports before another disaster could strike. At that point I wouldn’t have been surprised if my laptop had caught fire.

Thanks to everyone for the well wishes. I’m feeling better. I think it’s just change of season allergy / sinus / crud issues.

Stay healthy and safe.