Forward to the Past
For a full week I found myself firmly perched in the driver’s seat of the Blog Wagon, i.e., I posted every day for 5 days straight! Unfortunately the pressure was too great and now it’s safe to say I’ve fallen off the back side of the aforementioned Buggy-O-Fun.
Hard.
I had good intentions. (There’s that ‘Intention’ word I’ve seen all over the net as top Word of the Year to Live By. I get what you girls mean, but intention has never worked out much for me. My word of the year is Shut-Up-Talking-About-It-And-Do-the-Thang. Which I guess is kind of the same thing.) In the spirit of that word, here I am not just thinking about blogging but actually doing it.
Truth is, if I want to get my blogging done, I’d better do it quickly because I’ve just learned some terrible news.
We have no DSL at the new house.
We have no DSL at the new house.
We have no DSL at the new house.
I figure if I say it enough times it will finally be okay but so far, not working for me. We wanted it to be a mountain retreat and doggone if we didn’t get one. Apparently the phone guy drove out to the new place to get things hooked up and had the customer service girl call me to let me know we were just outside the service area. I pierced her eardrums with the shriek of one thousand deaths and then I called Luke and get this: he’s happy about it. He’s the poster boy for Old School. Doesn’t have a Twitter (I don’t even care what I’m doing so why should anyone else?) or a Facebook and doesn’t want one. In fact, he gets plain mad that people don’t just pick up the phone and call each other with their news instead of expecting you to get on the computer to read about it. He said, “Lis, just think about it. We used to be thrilled with dial-up and now you are in freak out mode over having to go back to it. Don’t you see how messed up that is?”
Make your point, Man.
In the midst of my own mourning I dreaded the boys coming home because I knew I’d have to inform them their Black Ops Days are over. I gave them the news and I can now say I’m confident that I know what wailing and gnashing of teeth looks like. And that’s when I realized it: If this is affecting us this badly it’s time for it to go. Like the Wise Preacher pointed out, we’ll still have dial up if I need to look up something so desperately that I’m willing to wait 4.9 minutes for a page load or post a blog, but I shared with you already that the Lord had been on me about preparing my mind for action and I’m not altogether certain He isn’t behind this No Internet business.
So it’s time for me to jump off here and continue the packing. It appears we are moving forward but backward.
I think it’s going to be a good direction.
I think it’s going to be a good direction.
(I know it’s going to be a good direction.)
Bless. Your. Heart.
When we moved to Tiny Town seven years ago, I learned — after our move — that we were also out of the DSL coverage area. (Also out of the Pizza Hut delivery area. How long, oh Lord, how long?) I thought I could go back to dial-up.
I couldn’t. If I had a dime for every time I stuck a fork in my eyeball waiting for a page to load (at 24.4 speed), I could pay for a new eyeball. Eventually, we paid a small fortune to install a satellite on our roof and get high-speed Internet from the heavens. Because it was just that bad. I didn’t realize how much I rely on the Internet until I had to return to the 1980s, technology wise.
But you? I bet you’ll do great. Because you are a better woman than I.
Lisa,
I cackled out loud reading this. Oh, girl…. Would kill me for sure. Sending you a hug I hope it down loads for you soon. *grin* Love you.
Oh. My.
Think you’ll be going back to McDonald’s with your laptop?!
Oh well, guess you could be living in the remote town in northern California that I just heard on the news a few weeks ago that for the first time EVER they finally got phone service. As in landline. Telephone poles. In late 2010 in the US of A.
Like Kelly said, you are a better woman than I. I remember what a wondrous thing any internet connection was, and now I get impatient if it takes 2 seconds instead of 1.
I’m wondering if this will result in a 5th kid in the preacher’s household. Just sayin’. . . . .
Lisa @ The Preacher's Wife Reply:
January 19th, 2011 at 9:37 pm
NOOOOOOO!!! Or I shall hurt a certain doctor..:)))
Lisa @ The Preacher's Wife Reply:
January 19th, 2011 at 9:37 pm
NOOOOOOO!!! Or I shall hurt a certain doctor..:)))
No DSL??? “Let us pray…”
I know what you mean about “If this is affecting us this badly it’s time for it to go,” but on the other hand, it is what connects this PW to her far-away friends/family in this nomadic life. I feel so disconnected without the internet, but maybe I’m just spoiled. ;)
what if you got one of those handy little internet card thingies through your cell phone carrier? I don’t know if that would work but I have seen people plugging them into their computer in the middle of nowhere and looks like they were getting pretty good internet….
Lisa @ The Preacher's Wife Reply:
January 19th, 2011 at 9:38 pm
the cell service at the house is sketchy. if i thought it would work we’d probly try it but don’t want to pay $60 to find out it stinks…:((
you could get Hughesnet. its sattelite internet. i use to have it before i went to DSL.
They advertise that if you have a clear view of the southern sky then you are good to go.
Our friends here have hughes net…we r n the middle of nowhere too An my friend lives only a couple of miles away. For some reason we have fiberoptic right up to the front door…right past the coyotes And longhorn steers…but they don’t. They seem happy with hughesnet though. I say beg for it.
You should ask them about the new Fiber Optic stuff. Our DSL went out after the tornado in Oct and they decided it would be easier to switch us over to the new. faster fiber than to work on the DSL. It’s lightning fast!! and the switching office is that new building beside rocking r, so it isn’t THAT far from you guys.
I have to say I’m a teeny bit jealous. I have three boys (16, 13, 7) and I have one thing to say: I. Hate. Black. Ops. There…I said it somewhere out loud (kinda). My older boys love it, their friends love it, and my seven year old continuously whines because he’s not allowed to love it yet.
On another note, I love your blog and hope you can continue despite technical difficulties. I do not blog (it is not popular in my neck of the woods) but I’ve always secretly wanted to. I’ve read some blogs of some very sweet, VERY YOUNG mothers, but my kids are older and I can really relate to your life. It makes me happy that I’m not alone in my teenage torture… :-)
You made me laugh..Understand your frustration and your pain. The Lord knew this before you did and He has something great in store for all of you because of the changes. I agree with some of the others…you do need your connection with others and a place to “vent” and communicate. I believe something will work out in His timing…hope you all don’t get the mess that is supposed to be coming into Memphis today….Blessings on your packing and all of the changes…
You will still be blogging, right? I love to read your blog so I definitely hope so.
Girl, I feel your pain! Fortunately, mine has been relieved the past couple of months :)
When we moved/built our house in the boonies a couple of years ago, the ONLY internet service we could get was Hughesnet (satellite). Now, we thought we were doing great because before we moved, we had dial up :(
And it is much better than dial up, but became a problem when someone was uploading/downloading alot in one day/week. It’s kinda like a time share thingy….when you use up too much ‘somethings’ (forgive me for not being technical), the internet slows WAY down, slower than dial up!!!
Luckily, we can now all of a sudden get DSL and switched over. I think I’ve died and gone to heaven :) :)
I can blog all I want, my husband can Facebook, and my son can upload photos for his photography business – Yahoo!
Oh, by the way….you asked me in another post where in GA I’m from…..Rochelle, GA (Wilcox County).
You are so funny! I feel like I am right there with you when you type! I will be praying over this puzzling predicament, knowing you will all overcome!
Blessings,
karen :)
You poor thing, it will take sometime to get use to the wait of dial up. Maybe you can use an “aircard” from your cell phone or check out if there is a wireless internet that uses the cell phone technology.
But you will get a lot done while waiting for pages to load with dial up!
Love Wins,
Cori :)
I’ll start a prayer chain. I hear the survival rate for those with no access to DSL is pretty low.
(do you need us to get the meals brought over, too? I can get that started, as well,)
:-)
You sound so much like me and Luke sounds so much like my hubby!!! I love reading your blog posts and have started reading your book! Love it too! You are such an inspiration for this “unlikely preacher’s wife”!
Cheryl