Imnot Sarah

I'm Not Sarah
2017-04-23 21:29:50 (UTC)

My Neighbour and My Electronic Devices

So, I am a pretty handy woman. I know how to use power tools (table saw, circular saw, jigsaw, hammer drill, planer). Necessity is the mother of creation and there have been many needs in my life where I have had to create something (e.g. a bed for my son, an armoire for the tv, an arch way for the garden, and framing the basement). So, I can be somewhat self sufficient. I'm no Anna White, mind you, but I get by on my self taught skills. That being said...don't ask me to back-up a computer or reboot/reset a router or how to download apps. That stuff gets me soooo lost.
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So of course, that's what I was dealing with tonight.
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Earlier in the afternoon, my precious toddler pushes the dining chair to the light switch and is twisting the dimmer. Now the dining room light doesn't work. I thought maybe a fuse tripped. I go downstairs to the basement and the fuse box is improperly labelled. I flip all the switches except the furnace. The light still doesn't work, so i try a different light bulb and it still won't work. After fussing over it for 1/2 an hour, I conclude that it is probably not grounded and the fixture needs to be replaced. I will check out Habitat for Humanity tomorrow to see what I can find. But now I can't play Tay Tay for Jocelyn off YouTube. I go back downstairs and locate the box with the blinky lights and Ethernet cable....Not that simple. There are 2 boxes with blinky lights and are connected together by the Ethernet cable. I unplugged them both, wait a while and plug them back in. That doesn't work. I try it again but I wait longer to plug them back in. Nope. Still no signal. Maybe its the fuse? Nope. Maybe I should push the reset button. That doesn't work either. An hour of this and I'm frustrated. The kids have had their supper and I need to get out, so we go for a drive until I feel like I can try again.
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We are driving around and stop at sbux to use their internet to google what possibilities could be affecting the router. I noticed that the neighbour had texted me. My neighbour uses my internet because it's unlimited and he pays for half.
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He texted to ask if I changed the setting for the router. I tell him what happened. I explain that I'm terrible with these things and maybe he should contact Brad for this...it is Brad's router and modem too.
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After a lot of back and forth texting I'm told to put the router in the freezer. I joke back, "and put it in the oven until golden". Duane (neighbour) jokes back, "with fries". Okay. Which is the router? I can't find one tgat says Linksys so I take both boxes to the neighbour. He tells me which is the router and I put it in the freezer for 20 minutes.
What in the world! It worked. I want to tell Brad, "thank you" but I can't because of the no contact order. I let Teresa know that Duane was thankful.
So I was able to write this entry. :)




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